Mansions

A mansion is a large dwelling house.

The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa). "Manor" comes from the same root - territorial holdings granted to a lord who would remain there - hence it is easy to see how the word "Mansion" came to have its meaning.

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    Apafi-Bethlen Castle

    Built in the XV-th century by the wealthy hungarian Transylvanian royal family Apafi, transformed in the XVII-th and XVIII-th centuries.

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    Bathory Castle, Nyirbator

    Bathory Castle, Nyirbator. Built by the Bathory family the casle was first mentioned in 1549, but in the 18th century was a ruinous state.

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    Budmerice Mansion (Budmerice Castle)

    The mansion built at the end of the 19th century by the Palffy family is dominating the village, where people lived since the New Stone Age. Budmerice Mansion (Budmerice Castle).

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    Castle Kalnoky, Valea Crisului

    Castle Kalnoky, Valea Crisului. The ancestral castle of the family of Count Kálnoky. The ancient Renaissance castle, built at the cusp of the 17th century, has been renovated several times.

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    Chateau, Museum, Hustopece nad Becvou

    Four-wing two-storey Renaissance chateau with a square layout, which was built by the Zerotins in place of the original 16th century fortress. Chateau, Museum, Hustopece nad Becvou.

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    Chateau, Velky Tynec

    Chateau (Baroque Chateau) in village Velky Tynec in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic, Europe.

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    Ciucea (Goga) Castle

    Ciucea is famous for the museum Octavian Goga that was built up in a beautiful castle. In the period 1915 - 1917 the Hungarian poet Ady Endre and his wife Boncza Berta lived in the castle of the Boncza family from Ciucea.

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    Defensive Mansion (Ruins), Nowe Siolo

    Ruins of defensive mansion (XVII century) in Nowe Siolo village in the administrative district of Gmina Cieszanow, within Lubaczow County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

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    Dolna Krupa Manor house and park

    The Dolna Krupa village is situated in the promontory of the Small Carpathians mountains, in the valley of the river Krupa. In the center of the village lies the Dolna Krupa Manor house built in classical style with a large English park.

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    Dolna Micina Manor House

    The fortified Manor House built in Gothic style in the second half of 16th century. In 1667 rebuilt in Renaissance style. It has three floors with four towers in each corner. Dolna Micina Manor House.

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    Drevohostice Chateau

    Drevohostice Chateau. The chateau was built in the 16th century, adaptations were made in the 2nd half of the 17th and early 19th centuries.

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    Fricovce Mansion

    Fricovce Mansion (Castle, Palace). In Fricovce, you can easily glimpse the Renaissance mansion, which was built between 1623-1630.

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    Garden and Castle Grosskuhnau

    Completed in 1780, neo-classical Castle Grosskuhnau is situated at the edge of Lake Grosskuhnau, about 4km west of Dessau-Rosslau. Visitors are free to roam the delightful gardens, which include vineyards and partially restored fruit plantations. The palace currently houses the administrative offices of Cultural Foundation Dessau-Worlitz and is not open to the public.

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    Hronsek Water Castle (Renaissance mansion)

    Hronsek Water Castle (Renaissance mansion). The oldest surviving building is the water castle that was builded in the 15th century. In 1576 year castle was rebuilt and fortified.

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    Kalnoky Manor, Miclosoara

    Miklosvar is the oldest documented settlement of Szeklerland. Its castle was first mentioned in 1211 AD as border fortress between the territory donated to the Knights of the Teutonic Order and the rest of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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    Kong Family Mansion

    The Kong Family Mansion was the historical residence of the direct descendants of Confucius in the City of Qufu, the hometown of Confucius in Shandong Province, China.

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    Liptovsky Hradok Castle and Mansion

    Liptovsky Hradok Castle and Mansion. Ruins of a Gothic castle with attached Renaissance chateau stands on a small hill in the middle of the plane, from where it originally was divided moat. Located north of the city.

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    Mansion (Palace), Podhorce, Stryi

    Mansion (Palace) in Podhorce village, near Stryi city in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains).

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    Mansion Dakhovskih, Leskovo

    Mansion Dakhovskih in Leskovo village, Cherkasy region, Ukraine. The magnificent neo-Gothic mansion in the style of English medieval castles located in a landscaped park laid back in the XVIII-XIX centuries.

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    Mansion of Countess Vorontsova

    Mansion of Countess Vorontsova in Gelendzhik resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Gelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea.