Extensive renovations planned for historic Esterházy Castle

Extensive renovations will start on Fertőd's Esterházy Castle next year, writes Kultura.hu, based on an MTI report. A support contract will be signed in December, according to which Ft 1.7 billion (€6.58 million) of EU funds can be spent on the first phase of the project, said Kálmán Varga, director of The National Trust of Monuments for Hungary, the body maintaining the castle.

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Kálmán added this amount will be used in part to renovate a Baroque Rococo summer dining room on the castle's first floor. The work in itself will be an attraction to tourists, who will be allowed to walk through the hall in a glass corridor.

Renovation of the outside facade will also be continued and gardening works in the inner yard completed. The roof structure of the so-called small castle will be repaired, and there are plans to establish an event center in the building.

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