Kisné Cseh Julianna (szerk.): Annales Tataienses IV. Arx – oppidum - civitas. A vártól a városig. Tata évszázadai. Tata Város Önkormányzata – Mecénás Közalapítvány, Tata, 2004.

Sylvester Edina: Tata a kertek és a vizek városa

by Antal Schweiger. Thus, at the very end of the 18

th century the early sentimental landscape garden (the first independent garden of its kind in Hungary) was already in existence. The process of the landscape-style reconstruction of the inner castle garden and the evolution of the "final" form of the landscape garden in Tóváros can be traced from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. This period is linked with the name of Miklós Esterházy, who laid great stress on the further development of the garden. According to archival records dating back to 1810-1811, the garden in Tata was planned continuously by several individuals. In 1811 Moreau travelled from Pápa to Tata to conduct a local survey before proceeding to planning. Nevertheless, in our present knowledge, the first remaining drawn plan dates from the next decade (housed by the collection of maps in the Kuny Domokos Museum). The Champagne Factory (1772) was designed by Fellner; his buildings still represent the late Baroque Esterházy style. The essential information provided by the map version of 1921 is the appearance of the Palm House in the landscape garden. The date of its construction is yet to be identified; in all likelihood, it was built in the second half of the 19

th century. The present study describes the evolution of the gardens in Tata - especially of the landscape garden - in detail; the last chapter gives an account of the process the landscape garden (being the first protected historical garden in Hungary) was declared a monument under protection. 168