Ploteni Palace in Veliki Lazy

Ploteni Palace is the former palace and park of Count Nandor (Ferdinand) Ploteni. The palace was built by the count in 1896. He used to host the best intellectuals of Zakarpattia and hold artistic performances there.[1]. It was restored in 2004.

The village palace, built in the neoclassical style, has two floors with colonnades and domes. The rooms of the mansion were decorated with wood, carpets, and floral wallpaper. There were many hunting trophies hanging on the walls, and a black grand piano in one of the rooms.

Hunting was indeed one of the hobbies of the male part of the Ploteni family. Ferdinand is said to have hunted infrequently, but his younger son William (Wilmosz) was an avid hunter, so the walls of the palace's long corridor on the second floor were completely decorated with the horns or even heads of the animals he killed.

A park was laid out around it. The style of the building is neoclassical, as understood by architects of the second half of the nineteenth century.

The building has now been restored, with perfectly preserved forging and stucco on the outside. However, the interior of the palace has not been preserved. On the second floor, there is a former large hall for ceremonial events with access to the central balcony and a dining room. The rest are small rooms. Only the walls, partially moulded ceilings, and good quality doors and windows remain of the original.

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