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GODOLLO

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 174 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GODOLLO  , a

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town of Hungary, in the county of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, 23 M . N.E. of
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Budapest by
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rail . Pop . (190o) 5875 . Godollo is the summer residence of the Hungarian royal
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family, and the royal castle, built in the second
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half of the 18th century by Prince Anton Grassalkovich, was, with the beautiful domain, presented by the Hungarian nation to King Francis Joseph I. after the coronation in 1867 . In its park there are a
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great number of stags and wild boars . Godollo is a favourite summer resort of the inhabitants of Budapest . In its vicinity is the famous place of pilgrimage Maria-Besnyo, with a
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fine Franciscan monastery, which contains the tombs of the Grassalkovich family .

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