Šimonovany Water Castle is a remnant of a lowland castle. Located in the same named part of the town Partizánske, in the southern part of the Trenčín region at the confluence of the rivers Nitra and Nitrica
The mansion is a two-storey one-wing building with an entrance tower. It has a rectangular floor plan with dimensions of 26.7 x 9.6 m, from which protrudes a square floor plan of the tower. On the northwest side of the building are the remains of a smaller niche, which is connected to the portal of the headquarters.The interior layout on both floors is dominated by the division into three main rooms. In the main rectangular tract as well as in the entrance tower there are visible traces of Gothic building style.
The origin of the manor is estimated at the 14th - 15th century, when the building lay on an "island" in the middle of the loop of the meander of the Nitra river, which gave rise to the name of the water castle. It is the oldest preserved Gothic-Renaissance aristocratic residence in Slovakia. The manor house is a remnant of a late Romanesque lowland castle from the 12th to the 13th century. The foundations of the castle were discovered in the form of a fortified residential and defensive tower on the site, which was naturally protected by the meanders of the Nitra River. In the 14th century, they built a tower with a similar function near the defunct tower.
In the first third of the 15th century, a palace was added to it and the site was fortified again. The deed of Sigismund from 1426 is also attached to this modification, which allows Imrich and Mikuláš de Simonyi to complete the stone "fortalicium" under construction.
In the 16th century, the manor house underwent Renaissance alterations. In the 80s of the 19th century, the manor house was restored, and Renaissance alterations from the 16th and 17th centuries were also reproduced. After 1945, the areas around the manor house were divided into home construction. As a result, the routes of the fortifications from the Renaissance and late Gothic times disappeared, so only the park in the area adjacent to the water castle has been preserved. The last extensive reconstruction of the manor house in Šimonovany was carried out in 2015. The manor house has been open to the public since May 2016.
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There is an extended office of the municipal library and an exposition of the municipal museum.Opening hours and admission