Episcopal palace, Sümeg

The Episcopal Palace is a Baroque-style palace built between 1748 and 1755 in the town of Sümeg in Veszprém County, an outstanding work of Hungarian Baroque architecture. Between 1755 and 1775 it was the residence of the bishops of Veszprém. Built in the traditional provincial Baroque style, its original architectural and painted features were outstanding, but over time its frescoes, fine furniture, stoves, stuccoes and valuable painting collection were lost or destroyed, and the furnishings of its library hall were transferred to the Museum of Applied Arts. Some parts of the palace – such as the picture gallery – can be visited as a museum in restored condition, while the greater part of the building – almost in ruins – still awaits restoration.

Its picture gallery today displays mainly high-quality paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today it is the only Baroque episcopal palace in Hungary in public hands.

Machine-translated from “Püspöki palota (Sümeg)” on the Hungarian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Episcopal palace, Sümeg ranks #7,659 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #134 of the 135 mapped in Hungary. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Székesfehérvár, 89 km away. See how Hungary compares in the castle statistics.

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