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Juraj VI; castle history, first floor
Portrait of Juraj VI Drašković (1804 – 1889), painted by August Prinzhofer in 1864, oil on canvas, 123.5 x 96.5 cm, inv. no. DT 77
Juraj VI (1804 – 1889), Vice-Marshal, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain and Privy Councillor, was remembered among the Drašković family for his military career in the 19th century. After an enviable military career, he became involved in the building of civil society in Croatia as a member of Parliament and a businessman. He is one of the founders of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (currently the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts), the first amateur photographer in Croatia and a renovator of the Trakošćan Castle. In the mid-19th century, he renovated the castle in the Neo-Gothic style and transformed the fort into a romantic castle with a park and a lake at the base.
