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    Fertőd (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrtøːd]) is a town in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, not far from Austria. Fertőd was formed when the towns...
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    Eszterháza is a palace in Fertőd, Hungary, built by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. Sometimes called the "Hungarian Versailles", it is Hungary's grandest Rococo...
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    Esterházy, who disliked Vienna, had a magnificent new palace constructed in Fertőd, Hungary. It was built on the site of a former hunting lodge. Today this...
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    designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli Zwinger (Dresden) Eszterháza in Fertőd, Hungary, 1720 – 1766, sometimes called the "Hungarian Versailles" The Rococo...
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    Ajak (3,709) Adony (3,686) Bük (3,579) Vaja (3,534) Medgyesegyháza (3,527) Fertőd (3,396) Herend (3,367) Nagybajom (3,309) Csepreg (3,272) Vép (3,266) Besenyszög...
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    and Mörbisch (Fertőmeggyes) in Austria, and Sopron, Fertőrákos, Fertőboz, Fertőd, Balf and Fertőújlak in Hungary, with the communities of Illmitz, Apetlon...
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    Trumpet Concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel Key E-flat major Composed December 1803 Performed January 1, 1804; 220 years ago (1804-01-01) Eszterháza, Fertőd...
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    lodge built in Fertőd, which was expanded over 50 years later under Prince Nicholas I of Esterházy to become Esterházy Castle (Fertőd), one of the most...
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  • Várad (vár = castle, -ad = diminutive suffix [cf. Herend, Kermend, Kövösd, Fertőd, Városd, Jobbágy, Hortobágy]) is founded. 1082–1095: The Várad Bishopric...
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    system involving the new palace at Esterháza, built starting in the 1760s at Fertőd in modern-day Hungary, about 40 km. from Eisenstadt. Initially, Esterháza...
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