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FROM SCHEMNITZ, 
CHAP. 
V. 
' » 
Tyrnaw. 
Sarfo. 
Ciekles. 
Palace of 
Prince 
Esterhaxy. 
from Freystadt, through Tyrnaw to Sarfo and to 
Czekhs. Tyrnaw makes a splendid appearance 
from a considerable distance, owing to its public 
buildings. It was burned down about the year 
1678, and afterwards entirely rebuilt, being now 
one of the principal towns in Hungary. From 
the number of its churches and convents, it has 
been often called 'Uhe Little Rome\" Its popu- 
lation, however, amounts only to seven thousand 
inhabitants. Tyrnaw was once the seat of the 
(772/i;er^?73/ now established at Pest: it was re- 
moved in consequence of the more central situa- 
tion of the latter city. At Czekles there is a 
magnificent palace of Prince Esterhazy, whom 
the author had formerly known at Naples, where 
this Prince resided as Minister, in a style of 
great grandeur; but his own palace, in Hungary, 
surpasses, in external appearance, any of the 
palaces of Italy. It had all the appearance of a 
place of residence for the mightiest monarch 
of Europe. The grounds are laid out in the 
English taste, with a park round the palace, and 
green-houses. It may be said generally of the 
small towns in this part of Hungary, tlrat they 
exhibit a much better taste in architecture than 
is common in our English towns. The streets 
(1), See Dr. Tuicnsoit^'s Travels in Hungary, chap. 20. 
