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BOŠANY
MANOR HOUSE
Bošany
is very old village with important archeological finds from several
periods. It is mentioned already in 12th century during the danger from
Turks. In the middle of the 16th century they started to build four winged
manor house with corner towers. The construction was never finished and
the third wing was never built. The bastions are in polygon shape. The
overall architecture is Renaissance style with some fragments of the
original stucco still visible. During the 17th century the manor house was
remodeled and in 1776 rebuilt with new stairwell and hallway with idea of
being a strong anti Turkish fortress. It is located in center of Bošany.
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Published in the Slovak Heritage Live
newsletter Volume
12, No.2, Summer 2004
Copyright © Vladimir Linder 2004
3804 Yale Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5C 1P6
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