Dvorac Mailath

Mailath Palace was one of the last palaces built in the early 20th century under the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, to a design by the Budapest architect István Möller. The story goes that it was built because of a promise Count Mailath made to Emperor Franz Joseph I during his visit to Donji Miholjac on 12 September 1901: that by the emperor's next visit he would build a palace in the hunting-lodge style.

Cylindrical towers, restless roof lines, tall roofs, decorative chimneys, terraces with Neoclassical balustrades, wrought-iron railings and other architectural details of various historicist styles speak of a recognisable English Tudor style.

The palace has four levels: a cellar, ground floor, first floor and attic. The floor plan is a double-pile layout around a central corridor, which in the middle of the building opens into an entrance hall with a staircase, a gallery and a way out onto the garden terrace. A central vacuum-cleaning system, its own water supply and three kinds of heating (hot-water central heating, open fireplaces and tiled stoves) show clearly that the palace was very modern for its time. Hand-carved wooden window screens gave protection on hot summer days and during cold winters.