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After half a century, Savoy Castle in Ráckeve will be renovated, announced the settlement’s mayor, Zoltán Vereckei, who reported that plans for the renovation will be completed this year.
– said Károly Pánczél, Member of Parliament for the region, the day the government decided to start a large-scale tourism development in Ráckeve with an initial grant of HUF 456 million.
According to the decision published in the Hungarian Gazette in December, the plans will be prepared in 2021 from the amount awarded. – reported the background. Thereafter, in early 2022, a further decision will be made on the actual renewal and its final amount.
László Fényid, deputy director general of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, believes that the proximity of the capital makes the settlement attractive to tourists and believes that a good decision was made when the decision was made to renovate the castle of Savoy. Put it that way
We give a new dimension to tourism in the city.
The tourism expert also pointed out that although 60 days last year were enough in spring for tourism to reach the ground, in summer
11 million overnight stays were generated nationwide, which confirmed our assumption that there is great potential in domestic tourism.
Zoltán Vereckei, the settlement’s mayor, put it this way: the government remedied a very painful point, as the settlement’s iconic building was closed more than two years ago.
The size of the project is illustrated by tourism development
Its total cost will be between HUF 6 and 7 billion.
During the large-scale investment, not only will the patinated Savoy castle be renovated, where a 4-star wellness hotel will be established, but there will also be a museum cafe in the castle, the surrounding park will be renovated and given a new aspect to the street Kossuth Lajos. also the HÉV station of the settlement.
The city’s traditional end-of-year Christmas concert is scheduled to be held there in 2023.
The castle of Savoy
The construction of the baroque castle of Ráckeve began in 1702 according to the plans of the architect Hildebrandt. Its floor plan resembles the French castle of Vauy-le-Vicomte, while the building itself resembles the Belveder Palace on Rennweg in Vienna. After the death of Savoy in 1736, the estate became the crown and then gradually lost its original function. It was also used as a warehouse and barn. By the 1960s, his condition had completely deteriorated, almost collapsing. The building encloses an interior courtyard with protected trees. The railing of the terrace in front of the dome is decorated with mythological figures. According to legend, the figure in the middle represents Jenő Savoyai himself. During the remodeling of the 1970s, in the absence of the original plans, it was deduced from the rest of the elements how it could have been at its peak.
Savoy Castle closed in 2017.
(Cover image: Visual design of Savoy Castle. Photo: Municipality of Ráckeve)
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