Szechenyi castle

The castle Széchényi was built in the 18th century, in 1782 by the

count Széchényi Ferenc, as we are informed from the plan of the

school. Today it is a school, a professional lyceum for horticulture,

with more pavilions, out of which the central pavilion is the former

castle, situated in a green space, another protected green space of

local importance, with art in the public space. It is a monument and

the count was the founder of the National Museum. It has a high

basement, ground floor and upper floor. It is accessible from the

railway station of the resort, not the central railway station, going

directly to the north, taking distance from the lake. This castle was

considered the model for the castle of Timar Mihály, the man with the

golden touch in “The Man With The Golden Touch” of Jókai Mór, who was

frequently a guest in this building, also information made available

to the tourists at the entrance in the complex. In 1870 in the

building an elderly home was made, the president of which was Jókai

Mór. The building is baroque, a style which was spread at that time,

but it was transformed in 1871, getting also eclectic features, as the

plate from 1970 informs us, through the addition of the balcony, with

two stone columns.