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{{Short description|18th-century Baroque style château located in Ráckeve, Hungary}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
[[File:Savoyai mansion, facade, 2018 Ráckeve.jpg|thumb|Front entrance]]
[[File:Ráckeve - Palace.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the property]]
'''Savoy Castle''', also known as '''Savoy Mansion''' ({{langx|hu|link=no|Savoyai Kastély}}), is an 18th-century [[Baroque]] style [[château]] located in [[Ráckeve]], Hungary.<ref name="FallonBedford2003">{{cite book|author1=Steve Fallon|author2=Neal Bedford|title=Hungary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FfkOpHEUGA0C&pg=PA140|year=2003|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-152-2|page=140}}</ref> This property is currently being used as a [[hotel]] and [[restaurant]], and its reception halls can also be rented for special events.<ref name="Turp2010">{{cite book|author=Craig Turp|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hungary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W50qRQBl8KAC&pg=PA132|year=2010|publisher=DK Publishing|isbn=978-0-7566-7425-0|page=132}}</ref>
==History==
Construction of the spacious home was begun in 1702 at the commissioning of [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] and finished in approximately 1722.<ref name="FallonBedford2003"/> Prince Eugene had acquired [[Csepel Island]] in 1698, and he then began the planning process of this "[[maison de plaisance]]".
Prince Eugene commissioned [[Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt]], a student of the Roman [[Carlo Fontana]], to design this residence. Seven letters from Hildebrandt to the prince remain in the archives of the [[Gonzaga family]] in [[Mantua]], and they provide planning and construction information about the mansion.
The building has side wings which were completed in 1714, and the whole construction process was finished around 1720 to 1722. At the same time, the prince constructed another palace as well in the vicinity, the [[Promontor]] palace on the opposite bank of the Danube.
The prince did not reside in this mansion after it was finished, and following his death, the estate was appropriated by the Crown.
Under the reign of [[Maria Theresia]] of Austria, this residence and the adjoining land in Csepel were managed by the Hungarian Chancery. In 1814, the middle part of the mansion, along with the stately Baroque cupola, was destroyed by fire; what is seen today was rebuilt after the fire.
Until its reconstruction in the 1980s, the building suffered constant decline.<ref name="FallonBedford2003"/> The mansion has enjoyed renovation and revitalization, and it is now used as a hotel, which is called the '''Savoyai Mansion Hotel''' (Hungarian: ''Savoyai Kastélyszálló'').<ref>[http://www.savoyai.hu/en Official website of the Savoyai Mansion Hotel]</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of castles in Hungary]]
* [[Palaces and mansions in Hungary]]
Other palaces, residences and hunting lodges of Prince Eugene of Savoye:
* [[Belvedere, Vienna]]
* [[Promontor]]
* [[Savoy Castle, Bilje]]
* [[Schloss Hof]]
* [[Winter Palace of Prince Eugene]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Savoyai Mansion in Ráckeve}}
* [http://www.savoyai.hu/en Savoyai Mansion Hotel website]
{{Castles in Hungary}}
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