Slovakia · 18th century
Aspremont Summer Palace (Slovak: Aspremontov letný palác) is a baroque palace in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was built along with the Medical Garden in 1770 for Count Johann Nepomuk Gobert d'Aspremont-Lynden. Nowadays the palace houses the office of the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University.
In 1769 Count Johann Nepomuk Gobert d'Aspremont-Lynden bought the land in what is today Bratislava and in 1770 he had the palace built according to a design by the architect Johann Joseph Thaler. Count d'Aspremont-Lynden was a descendant of the famous Hungarian magnate families of Rákóczi and Báthory. In 1781, the palace and the garden became the property of Count Esterházy. In the second half of the 19th century, the property was bought by the Jankovits family and in 1862 by the Bratislava merchant Karol Schiffbeck. As a result, for much of history the palace was commonly known as Esterházy or Schiffbeck Palace. The Schiffbeck family gifted the palace to the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University.
The palace façades and interiors were influenced by the décor of Louis XVI. It contains motifs of laurel wreaths, ribbon garlands and medallions, which are preserved especially well in the ceremonial hall. The palace also includes a late baroque style chapel featuring paintings depicting Old and New Testament allegory, plus an Altar of the Crucifixion fashioned from white and red marble.
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Aspremont Palace ranks #5,113 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #70 of the 136 mapped in Slovakia. Founded 1770, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 26 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bratislava, 1 km away. See how Slovakia compares in the castle statistics.
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