Abstract
The township of Rotenturm an der Pinka - ci-devant Vörösvár - lies along the Pinka in Burgenland, just 20 kilometres from Szombathely. In the middle of the village, in a deserted park stands an especially beautiful architectural creature of the Hungarian Romanticism, the Erdõdy Castle as a masterpiece of Antal Wéber. The building is historicising by mixing the styles from some architectural elements like the column of the carriage passage shown above to the composition itself. However, the building is basically differentiated from the style-mixing historicism of the close of the 19^th century by the fact that every architectural unit is still part of a suite with the traditional formal logic, with traditional proportions.
Highlights
The construction of the baronial residence was carried on by Count István Erdody. During his first marriage he had a second storey built onto the castle – maybe because of the birth of his many children
The Romantic form of the attic of the cornice in the picture may be original but conceivably it may be connected to the construction of the “new castle” along with the carriage passage
3.4 South-eastern face The south-eastern face of the castle opening to the park is divided into three parts, like the other facades; on its left side it starts with a gabled part similar to the corner construction of the chapel, this part is linked together with the balconied tower by a wing composed of three axes, having straight eaves
Summary
The construction of the baronial residence was carried on by Count István Erdody. During his first marriage he had a second storey built onto the castle – maybe because of the birth of his many children. Between the window of the first floor and that of the second floor there are three tiny blind openings at the same height as the miniature gallery of the set-back middle section, these are circular headed, leaning on a simple sill, the moulding of the frame are doubled at the arch.
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