Baroque mansion with later romantic modifications, probably built on the site of a water castle, situated on the edge of a park in the historical center of Stupava
The mansion is a storeyed building with a three-wing layout with corner prismatic towers and a chapel at the end of the side wing. The façade in the historicist styles draws on Baroque-Rococo patterns, in places modified after the turn of the century, bears the signs of Art Nouveau. The accentuated central three-axis splendid part of the layout is also in the facades.The entrance portal has a stone bossage. Above it is a cordon cornice that separates the first floor from the second. At the top there is a parapet with a gable and a pedestal, the middle part with a risalit in a romantic spirit using rococo patterns. There is an arched corridor around the courtyard, Renaissance vaults on the ground floor. The chapel occupies two floors.
Many sources state that the manor house stands on the site of the defunct Stupava water castle. However, there is also a theory that claims that it was built on the site of a manor house from the 16th century, and the location of Stupava Castle is assumed on the site of Dračí hrádok.
Despite the disputed location, the original water castle is mentioned as early as 1271. In 1280 it was the center of the Pajštún estate. It belonged to the royal castles, but later changed owners. From 1441 to 1519 it was the property of the counts of St. Jura. In 1519 it passed into the ownership of the Serédy family and in 1553 it was acquired by the counts of Salm and Neuburg. In 1592, Count Mikuláš Pálffy became the owner of the manor. The castle remained the property of this important family until 1867.
In the middle of the 17th century, Pavol Pálffy rebuilt the original building into an early Baroque fortified manor house. Further changes to the building were taken care of in the 18th century by Mikuláš V. Pálffy and his grandson Leopold II., When a courtyard and a chapel were built.
One of the most important owners since 1867 was the Károlyi family, who rebuilt the manor in a romantic spirit. The last owner of the manor, Count Ľudovít Károlyi, left his estate on April 2, 1945. During World War II, the manor was abandoned and damaged. After the 2nd st. During the war, a municipal police was set up in the manor. The damaged mansion later became the property of the state. In 1947 the mansion burned down. It was renovated in 1956-58 and today serves as a home for social services.
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The mansion houses the social services. The park is open to the public