Sights in Nagycenk
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Széchenyi Memorial Museum
The entrance to the Széchenyi Memorial Museum is in the mansion through the Sala Terrena - it's almost austere compared with the similarly named hall at the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd. There's a taped commentary in several languages (including English) in each room; just press the button.
The rooms on the ground floor of the museum, furnished with period pieces, deal with the history of the Széchenyi family and their political development, from typical baroque aristocrats in the 18th century to key players in the 1848 War of Independence and István's involvement in the ill-fated government of Lajos Batthyány. A sweeping baroque staircase leads to the exhibits on the 1s…
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Hermitage
A 2.6km row of linden trees opposite the mansion's main gate, planted by István's grandmother in 1754, leads to a Hermitage. Like the Esterházys, the Széchenyi family had a resident loner who, in this case, was expected to earn his keep by ringing the chapel bell and tending the garden.
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Széchenyi Mausoleum
The Széchenyi Mausoleum, the final resting place of István and other family members and a great place of pilgrimage for Hungarians, is in the village cemetery across the road from St Stephen's Church.
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Locomotive Outdoor Museum
It is fitting that the mansion of a railway developer like István Széchenyi is near an open-air Locomotive Outdoor Museum, with steam engines that were still in use on main lines as late as 1950.
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