The stylistic restoration of Trakošćan includes construction activities between 1844. and 1849. and subsequent works between 1862. and 1869. The titular castle of the Drašković family was thoroughly refurbished and extended in the spirit of romantic memory, in Neo-Gothic style. The park and the lake were subjected to the same aesthetic concept. This points to a link with similar architectural and restoration interventions which were carried out in the middle of the 19th century in Central European castles. The complex personality of the first restorer of Trakošćan, Juraj VI. (Georg) Drašković, was shaped by the social and political framework. Its strongly expressed romantic spirit, complemented by Bidermaier consciousness, is reflected in the restoration of Trakošćan. Linking the rebuilding of Trakošćan, in the mid-19th century, with the earliest conservation interventions, has proved that the stylistic rebuilding of Trakošćan is far more than Juraj's romantic desire to fascinate the world with the newly-restored castle. The alterations, carried out between 1875. and 1897., changed the original Neo-Gothic concept of the interior, and the castle was adapted to the fashionable taste of its new owners, Ivan IX. Drašković and his wife Julijana, born Erdödy.