A Ruined Hungarian Palace—Rescued
Built in the 1790s by a Hungarian count, this Budapest palace had become a ruin by the end of the 20th century. It was granted a new life in 1998 when local restaurateur Gyöngyi Perényi and her ex-husband bought the derelict property from the Hungarian government for about $260,000. They then spent $1.4 million on its [...]