Liptovská Štiavnica
manor, mansion
564m
Liptovská Štiavnica, Žilina county

Originally a late Renaissance block fortified, later Baroque mansion, is located in the village of Liptovská Štiavnica, in the southwestern part of the Liptov Basin, about 6 km from Ružomberok.

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Previous names
Sceunicha, Sceuniche, Szawnicza, Naghschewnycza, Welka Styavnica, Štiavnica, Nagyselmec
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How to get there
Liptovská Štiavnica mansion, also called the Rakovský family mansion, is located in the village of the Liptovská Štiavnica, about 6 km SE of Ružomberok. The access road to the manor house is from Hore bránou street, from the bus stop, but there is a gate through which we will not get, as the manor house is a private residence. We can park in a nearby parking lot directly in front of the church, next to the road that passes through the village. Anyway, we can see the mansion from a distance behind the fence behind the church, but we will not get to the area.
Description

The building was originally a late Renaissance two-tower block type of fortified manor house. The one-storey two-aisled building was built on the floor plan of a rectangle. The manor house was remodeled in the Baroque style in 1750. The last significant alteration took place in 1880, when the building was expanded and supplemented by two corner towers. The original two southern towers have firing holes. The building has a high mansard roof. The facade is divided by double lysines, the windows have shambles.Renaissance and Baroque vaults have been preserved in the rooms. The manor house has been renovated and serves as a private residence.

History

The manor house was built in the late Renaissance style in the second third of the 17th century. It was a type of two-tower block fortified manor house. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1750 and was extended by two towers in 1880, so that it now has four round corner towers.

The last owner of the manor, Egon Rakovský, became a Hungarian citizen in the 1920s, and he kept the manor with its status, but did not use it. He leased the fields, meadows, forests and pastures to the landowner Obrcian and took the furniture and equipment of the manor to Budapest. He left only two rooms furnished in it, in case he stayed in Liptovská Štiavnica.

In 1944, the manor house was partially demolished, because Egon Rakovský left for active military service in the spring as a major in the Hungarian army and entrusted all his property to Eugenia Bycker, a German national. She fled the village before the uprising and left the manor to fate.

After the liberation in 1945, the Liptov Museum in Ružomberok took over all historical objects from the manor house. In 1946, the manor was confiscated and became state property. In the fifties of the 20th century, the manor house was repaired and several scenes of the Slovak film Zemianska honor as well as some shots of the Vivat Beňovský series were shot on its premises.

Until 1999, the manor house was used for religious purposes and Roman Catholic services were held here regularly. Today, the building is privately owned and its interiors are not open to the public.

History images
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Myths and legends

There are no myths available.

Useful information

The mansion is in private hands, bordered by a fence and inaccessible to the public.

Nearby castles
Likava6.8 km,
Liptov castle12.0 km,
Vranovo17.8 km,
Orava castle23.4 km,