PREŠOV/SNINA - During the free summer days, not only swimming and lounging in the sun, but also exploring the sights and beautiful places. The reconstructed manor house in Snina is certainly one of them. In its bowels there is also a corridor through which a horse-drawn carriage can pass.
The classicist manor house in Snina was built in 1781 on the site of an originally wooden building by Countess Theresa van Dernáth. She was the granddaughter of the last male descendant of the Drugeth family. The famous noble family ruled Snina since the 14th century. The countess started with the construction of a magnificent mansion, but it did not live to see its completion.
After the death of Theresa, the Countess's sons decided to sell the manor and the town to the Rholl family. From 1799 onwards, the history of the Snina jewel began to be written. The Rholl family completed the construction of the manor house and added the courtyard and fountain with the statue of Hercules. The Rholl family were entrepreneurs in mining and metallurgy who discovered iron ore in the Vihorlat mountains.
The two-storey building of the manor house was a beautiful grand mansion with many rooms - bedrooms, dining room, guest rooms, count's salons, hall, kitchen, chamber. The courtyard of the manor is you could go through the spacious corridor with a horse-drawn carriage. Interesting was underground of the manor - There were huge cellars, a large oven for baking bread and a bathroom. An underground water supply fed a fountain with a statue of Hercules. The grounds of the manor house also included French-style gardens and a large English park, part of which still survives today.
After the Second World War, the manor house became the seat of vocational schools and a home for young people. In 2009 it was bought by the town of Snina for the purpose of its complex reconstruction from the European Union funds. The reconstruction restored the splendour of the manor house and even gave it a bronze Building of the Year 2013!
Today in the manor house you will find museum expositions, gallery exhibitions and the town library. Definitely worth a visit new exposition of Echoes of Snina. It captures three echoes of ancient times: the period before and after the construction of the manor house in the time of the Rholl family; the inhuman times of World War I and World War II; and the third echo is the precious historical monuments in the town and a sample of the manor house furnishings from the 19th century.
SOURCE: Classicist manor house in Snina, web
