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Spisska Bela - Strazky Chateau
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Spisska Bela – Strazky Chateau

The centre of the historical settlement of Strazky – the chateau, the Church of St. Anne and the belfry – forms a national cultural monument and counts as one of the most precious architectural sights of the Spis region. The reconstructed chateau, located in the 19th century English park, shows the development of architectural styles ranging from late Gothic (15th century) to the Renaissance reconstruction and finally to Baroque-Classicist modifications (from the end of the 18th century). In the 16th – 18th centuries the chateau belonged to the Horvath-Stansith's, the family that founded, in that very building, the Latin humanistic school for the children of the Spis aristocracy (1584–1711) and the library, the largest in Hungary at that time. In the 19th century, the Mednyanszky's and the Czobel's became the chateau owners. After the death of the last owner and inhabitant of the chateau, Baroness M. Czobel, in 1972, the Slovak National Gallery became its custodian. A variety of cultural programmes is offered to the local public. The chateau games are held in early summer. Visitors can spend a pleasant leisurely day in the large chateau and the adjoining English park bordering with the river Poprad. The exhibition of modern Slovak sculpture is installed in the park. The restaurant (open in summer from 15 June to 15 September), located in the courtyard, offers refreshments to the visitors.

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