Description of the attraction
The shores of Lake Wörthersee began to be actively built up with private palaces and villas in the period from 1864 to 1938. The Austrians learned about this blessed corner after the appearance of the Southern Railway, which greatly facilitated the journey to this region. Gradually, buildings began to appear here in the style that modern art critics and architects call the "Wörthersee style" - after the name of the lake. Examples of buildings in this style can be found in the cities of Pertschach, Velden, Krumpendorf, Klagenfurt and on the southern shore of Lake Wörthersee.
What is Wörthersee's style? It is an eclectic style that combines features of Art Nouveau, Regional Romantic, Baroque and English styles. Historic houses on Lake Wörthersee differ significantly in their architecture from summer cottages in other Austrian regions.
About ten architects designed villas in the town of Perchah. The palaces created according to the designs of the Czech architect Josef Viktor Fuks are of great interest. Among them, the Villa Seeblik, built for a certain Francis Lemesh, can be especially noted. This building in the style of late historical romanticism was erected near Lake Wörthersee in 1888.
The two-storey villa Seeblik is distinguished by an abundance of asymmetric details: turrets, verandas, balconies. To combine all this in one harmonious structure was only possible for a real genius from architecture. Experts also note the use of different types of roofs in the same building: a gable roof rises above the main building, which is decorated with turrets with hipped roofs and onion-shaped tops.
