Eltz Palace
   Photo: Palace Eltz

Eltz Palace in the Croatian city of Vukovar is located on the banks of the Danube. The building was built in the Baroque style. The palace is one of the most important works of baroque-classical architecture in continental Croatia. Since 1968, the palace Eltz is Vukovar Municipal Museum.

In 1736 Philip Charles Eltz, a member of a noble German family, the archbishop of Mainz bought the estate of Vukovar in eastern Slavonia kingdom, which was part of at the time of the Habsburg monarchy, which ruled the Emperor Charles VI. Construction of the castle began in 1749 and was conducted in 1751 to a relative of the family - Anselm Casimir Eltz. It was originally built only the central part of the castle later expanded. The first major expansion was made in 1781. His final appearance of the palace Eltz acquired only at the beginning of the 20th century under the leadership of the Viennese architect Zidek.

August 25, 1991 during the invasion of Serbian and Yugoslav troops in Croatia Eltz Palace became the first building bombed from the air. By the end of the war the building was completely destroyed and burned. Destroyed before the foundation of the building was restored from 2008 to October 2011 with funding from the Government of Croatia and the Council of Europe Development Bank.

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