Pejačević Castle in Virovitica

Pejačević Manor is located in the Virovitica, which nowadays forms a part of the city centre of the city of Virovitica .

It is one of several castles owned by the members of Pejačević noble family in the croatian region of Slavonia.

According to the sign located on the facade above the entrance, the manor was built by count Antun Pejačević in 1804, with the actual construction beginning in 1800.

The Virovitica Estate was acquired by the Pejačević Counts as a grant by the then Austrian Empress and Croatian-Hungarian Queen Maria Theresa in 1750. In the beginning it started out as a relatively small estate.

Today, there is the City Museum on the upper floor of the castle.

The refined classical manor is composed of three wings shaped in the straight form. The internal space is organised around a central hallway with rooms aligned on either side. The central axis is highlighted by the grand hall and central dome.

Text adapted from “Pejačević Castle in Virovitica” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pejačević Castle in Virovitica ranks #3,441 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 60 mapped in Croatia. Founded 1804, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.

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