F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1996/1. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1996)

KIÁLLÍTÁS - Lővei Pál: Esterházy-kiállítás Kismartonban

einer - mindestens alle, in den Texten vorkommende Familienmitglieder und ihre Beziehungen zu einander genau enthaltendergenealogischen Tafel erschwert gewissermaßen die Benützung. Hie und da findet der Leser auch falsch gedruckte Jahreszahlen, sowie einander widersprechende Daten. Zu unrecht blieb die Esterházy-Galerie unerwähnt. Trotz alledem wird dieses Werk den Fachleuten in Zukunft als wichtige Quelle dienen. Pál LŐVEI THE ESTERHÁZY EXHIBITION IN KISMARTON (EISENSTADT) 1995 Within a short period of time the second important exhibition is devoted to the Esterházy family in Burgenland. In 1993 in the fortress of Fraknó/Forechenstein beside showing the building itself and its collections the main topic was the history of the family's possessions and its military role. Now, in the castle of Kismarton/Eisenstadt political and social history and cultural patronage stood in the centre of investigations. These kinds of complex exhibitions have an almost four decades' tradion in Austria. The preparations are always connected with the at least partial restauration of the chosen scene of the exhibition. These works often reveal interesting new facts concerning the architectural history. In Kismarton/Eisenstadt a gate of the 14th century centre of the castle that has not been known until now was unearthed in the course of the investigations. The find is a proof of the recent suppositons, according to which the present central main walls connecting the four corner turrets of the castle are of medieval origin and were originally the surrounding walls of the fortress of the Kanizsay family. The castle is only one scene of the exhibition, the other part is placed in the stable wing of the outbuildings situated on the other side of the road. The large size hall was restored for this occasion, and is planned to serve for the scene of further exhibitions. The reconstruction of the park would be finished only next year. The logical order of the units formed in the rooms of the exhibition was determined by a basically chronological - within this following the family history, the order of the princes as heads of the families possesing the majority of the lands - system, enlivened in some places by small thematic units fitting in the chronological order like of religious patronage, treasury, library, natural historical cabinet, oriental collection. It should be mentioned however, that the family trees of Pál I. and his wives, Orsolya Esterházy and Eva Thököly engraved by an unknown master in 1688 were shown at the exhibition and mentioned in the catalogue as unpublished works, although all three were shown in the original version at the exhibition of the