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He had the palace built Tomas Szirmay<\/strong>. It changed its appearance and owners, and so its original name gradually fell into oblivion. Today's generations know it either as the Orthodox Divinity College or as the House of Pioneers and Youth, popularly called \u201epi\u00f1\u010fak\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The manor house or palace was built in the first half of the 18th century<\/strong> on the outskirts of the town of Pre\u0161ov as a manor house with a lighthouse. The plan was L-shaped, one-storey stone building with seven chambers, two rooms and a chamber. The mansion was furnished with artistic furniture and valuable paintings by Italian masters. There was a lively musical life in the mansion. It is said that there was a 38-member choir. Later, the building was adapted to its present form. When it became the property of Baron J\u00e1n Spl\u00e9nyi<\/strong>, they modified it to a more presentable appearance. The terrain of the surroundings was modified into a valuable park and fruit garden, extending as far south as the railway line and west to the present-day Black Bridge. Today this slingshot is divided, but you can still admire the remarkable, almost two hundred year old specimen of horse chestnut<\/strong> in the northern courtyard. The parterre, i.e. the regular ornamental area in front of the courtyard fa\u00e7ade with a buttress, which was once decorated with a fountain, was part of the parkland, as it was customary since the Baroque period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the last mentioned modification, rich late baroque elements and stucco decoration appeared on the facades. On the south side there was a magnificent bay with a triangular gable, and the whole curio house was given a mansard roof. The risalit is divided by a quartet of pilasters, with an entrance in the middle. The windows of the whole building are decorated with wrought-iron bars with a motif of circles, aces, flowers and floral sprays. The living areas have Prussian vaults, one of which has semicircular niches where the stove was placed. Two doors from the original interior have been preserved. There is a subterranean space under the curio, accessible from the exterior, with a vaulted ceiling. There is also supposedly another cellar, which was entered from the corridor, at the point where the wings cross. The Curia, or Szirama Palace, was used for several purposes. Many of these are obscured by obscurity. Allegedly during WW1 there were so-called Typhoid Barracks where typhoid was treated, in WW2 the building was occupied by the Germans and after the war it was a military barracks. Later pioneers settled here. It is worth mentioning the pioneer brass band led by Viliam Tarjanyi. A commemorative plaque on the fa\u00e7ade is dedicated to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:Discovering Pre\u0161ov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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