The reconstructed, originally fortified Renaissance manor house is located in the wider valley of the Nitra river, at the foot of the Tríbeč mountain range, directly in the village of Oponice
The manor house is a multi-storey building with a U floor plan and a courtyard. It was created by rebuilding the original Renaissance manor house with corner towers. The oldest building was a two-winged building with an L-type floor plan. The upstairs floor has a facade divided by a lysine frame. The original arcade in the courtyard was bricked up.The oldest spaces have cross, ridge and barrel renaissance vaults. After the Baroque adaptation, the Prussian and mirror vaults have been preserved. In the built-in parts from the 19th century, there are flat ceilings with stucco patterns. In the period paintings, the appearance of the interior of the extensive library with a wooden double-wing staircase has been preserved. The library, founded in 1822, contained 25,000 volumes. Today it is enriched with the collection of the Zayov Library from the manor house in Uhrovec. In addition to the historical library, there is a hotel with a restaurant in the building, which was founded here after a major reconstruction in 2007-2011.
The manor house, the seat of the Apponyi family, was built gradually in the 16th and 17th centuries on the site of the original stone building. It was originally a Renaissance two-winged building, which formed the southern and eastern wings. Later, in the years 1844 - 1846, it was extended by the northern wing, to which the family library of the Apponyi family was moved. During the Apponyi era, it underwent many building modifications. The Apponyi had a large family that inhabited the manor almost until the beginning of World War II. world war.
The last owner of the manor and the surrounding manor was Count Henrich Apponyi. After his death in 1935, the manor was bought by the director of the Bratislava joint-stock company Vít Slezák. In 1948, however, the manor house was nationalized. Since then, it has served various purposes. There was a wine factory, a secondary agricultural school, a construction and a kindergarten. The manor's premises were used for seminars and lectures, and in the 1970s it was used by the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra as a hostel for students and offices.
The school planned to renovate the manor in the early 1980s, and reconstruction even began, but only until 1989, when the university stopped work due to lack of funding. The manor began to decay and after 2000 the buildings began to fall apart.
In 2007, the manor house was handed over to I&P company and an extensive renovation began, which lasted until 2011. Today, it is a luxurious historic four-star hotel with 20,000 Baroque libraries, which is open to the public.
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There is a hotel with a restaurant in the building and a historical library.Opening hours