Within the National Castle Programme 

Text: Réka Kralovánszky

The restoration of the castle complex in Fehérvárcsurgó began back in 1989 with the most urgent conservation work. Depending on the financial resources available at the time, the main structure of the castle was completed in 2011 through a multi-phase planning and implementation process that was followed by the partial utilisation of the wash house and the complete utilisation of the gatehouse, as well as the renovation of a large part of the castle park. Launched in 2016-17, the EU tender aimed to restore the large stable, the foal stable and the horticultural building, as well as the landscaped park areas belonging to them. When developing the utilisation concept, the aim was to increase the tourist attraction in all cases. At the same time, taking into account the preference of the castle complex for accommodation expansion, hotel units also had to be created in part of the large stable. The permit plans for all three structures and the park have been completed: the ground-floor of the large stable will contain the exhibition and presentation rooms for the purposes of tourism, a multi-purpose lecture hall as well as hotel units in the attic were planned for the exhibition and presentation rooms for tourist purposes, an exhibition space presenting equestrian life and a museum doubling as an education centre were planned for the foal stable, and botanical exhibition rooms and back rooms for sports facilities to be located in the park were also planned for the horticultural building.