V miestnej časti Spišskej Belej pod názvom Strážky stojí kaštieľ, ktorý je skvostom renesančnej architektúry na Slovensku.
Kaštieľ po rekonštrukcii slúži Slovenskej národnej galérii, ktorá tu prezentuje viaceré expozície – historický nábytok a interiérové doplnky, diela Ladislava Mednyánszkeho, portréty zo 17. – 19. storočia, historickú knižnicu a rôzne ďalšie výstavy a expozície. Návštevníkov očarí aj veľký anglický park.
The Strážky manor house was built on the foundations of Gothic castlewhich is said to have been built on the ruins of a Templar monastery and is one of the oldest in Slovakia. Later owners, the Horváth-Stansith family, descended from a prominent Croatian noble family, gradually rebuilt the Gothic castle into a Renaissance manor house.
In 1588 Gregor Horváth-Stansith established an important humanist school in the family seat and between 1618 and 1628 he continued to rebuild the manor house, which at that time took on its present form. The original three-winged building was supplemented by a fourth wing after a fire in 1708, thus creating typical square plan with an inner courtyard.
V roku 1862 sa do kaštieľa v Strážkach nasťahoval barón Eduard Mednyánszky. Z Beckova si na Spiš priviedol desaťročného syna Ladislava, z ktorého sa neskôr stal maliar európskeho formátu. Počas niekoľkých pobytov v rodinnom sídle na úpätí Tatier tento významný umelec namaľoval viacero nádherných krajiniek s originálnymi sociálnymi komponentmi.
Čaro kaštieľa znásobuje anglický park z 19. storočia. Spolu s gotickým opevneným Kostolom sv. Anny a renesančnou zvonicou v historickom centre obce tvorí kaštieľ národnú kultúrnu pamiatku.
Kaštieľ po rekonštrukcii slúži Slovenskej národnej galérii, ktorá tu prezentuje viaceré expozície – historický nábytok a interiérové doplnky, Ladislav Mednyánszky a Strážky (maliar, ktorý sa tu často zdržiaval a tvoril), portréty zo 17. – 19. storočia a ďalšie diela, vrátane sezónnych výstav a expozícií.
The Slovak National Gallery acquired this building in 1972 by transfer after the death of its former owner, Baroness Margita Czóbel.
Park a bohaté programy
The manor house was also the site of the reconstruction and revitalisation of the 19th century English park, where an exhibition of sculpture is currently installed. In addition to exhibition spaces, the Strážky Manor offers various music, drama and educational programmes. You will also find a park with a wheelchair-accessible exhibition of 20th-century Slovak sculpture.
Webová stránka SNG Kaštieľ Strážky
In 1862 Baron Eduard Mednyánszky moved into the manor house in Strážky. He brought his ten-year-old son Ladislav from Beckov to Spiš, who later became a European painter. During several stays in the family seat at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, this important artist painted several beautiful landscapes with original social components.
The charm of the mansion is multiplied by the 19th-century English park. Together with the Gothic fortified Church of St. Anne and the Renaissance bell tower in the historic centre of the village, the manor house is a national cultural monument.
After the reconstruction, the manor house is used by the Slovak National Gallery, which presents several exhibitions - historical furniture and interior accessories, Ladislav Mednyánszky and Strážky (a painter who often stayed and worked here), portraits from the 17th - 19th centuries and a historical library.
The Slovak National Gallery acquired this building in 1972 by transfer after the death of its former owner, Baroness Margita Czóbel.
The manor house was also the site of the reconstruction and revitalisation of the 19th century English park, where an exhibition of sculpture is currently installed. In addition to exhibition spaces, the Strážky Manor offers various music, drama and educational programmes. You will also find a park with a wheelchair-accessible exhibition of 20th-century Slovak sculpture.
Monday: closed Tuesday: closed Wednesday: 10:00-17:00 Thursday: 10:00-17:00 Friday: 10:00-17:00 Saturday: 10:00-17:00 Sunday: 10:00-17:00
