Spitzer Castle in Beočin

This mansion was constructed between 1892. and 1898. by the influential Spitzer family, who were the owners of Beočin cement factory. Its architectural style features early Secession, but it also freely borrows from many other styles like Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque, making it very unique. Although it is proclaimed as a protected monument of special significance by the state, the castle is abandoned and suffers heavy deterioration and decay due to neglect. Today winds howl and weep through broken windows and empty halls, frost chips away ornaments from the walls, colours fade and slowly turn to sand. The old castle now lives only in the minds of rare visitors who come here sometimes travelling by hat and a pocket watch...

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