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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 See also:

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

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