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Synagogue

Building, structure

In Trenčín, the seat of the county of the same name, Jews appeared in larger numbers in the 17th and 18th centuries. They fled from Moravia to escape the persecution of Jews there. They settled outside the city walls, in the vicinity - this area has now become part of the histori... Read More

Palugyay Palace

Building, structure

Chateau Palugyay, or Palugyay Palace, was built in the Palladian style according to the plans of the architect Ignác Feigler Jr. It served as both a residence and a winery, with an extensive cellar system. At the end of the 19th century, it was connected to the nearby railway sta... Read More

Zichy Obelisk

Statue, monument, plaque

The owner and most important owner of Oroszvár between 1646 and 1872 was the Zichy family. In the center of the town, on the small square next to the main road, in the park, stands a simple but beautifully designed obelisk. The pedestal is decorated with the Zichy coat of arms. O... Read More

Zichy-Ferraris Castle

Building, structure

Behind a gated, dilapidated brick fence, shady, ancient trees protect a huge, snow-white, English Gothic-style castle. ; Between 1841 and 1844, in just three short years, the originally Baroque manor house was rebuilt, becoming the first Tudor-style nobleman's castle in Hungary. ... Read More

Mikszáth Kálmán Memorial House

Building, structure

The family of Kálmán Mikszáth settled in Szklabonya in 1843. The famous Hungarian writer Kálmán Mikszáth was born in this village on January 16, 1847, the author of such well-known works as The Umbrella of Saint Peter, The Siege of Biszterce or The Black City. The greatest source... Read More

Tombstone of noblewoman Antalné Pósa, Mária Kovács, mother of Lajos Pósa

Cemeteries, headstones, tombs

The tombstone - headstone - was created by Aladár Igó, and was erected in honor of Mother's Day by the local government, the Reformed parish and the Balogvölgyi Organization of the Rákóczi Association in May 2003. ; Since then, on the first Sunday of May, on Mother's Day, wreaths... Read More

Memorial plaque of Lajos Pósa

Statue, monument, plaque

On July 1, 1934, the bust of Lajos Pósa, the creator of Hungarian children's literature, was unveiled in his native village, Nemesradnót. This was the first Hungarian statue unveiling in what was then Czechoslovakia. The then school principal, Lajos Bodon, initiated the collectio... Read More

Statue of Lajos Pósa

Statue, monument, plaque

Lajos Pósa (1850-1914) was a writer, journalist, and newspaper editor born in Nemesradnót, a small village in Balog Valley, near Rimaszombat. He published more than fifty volumes of children's poems and about 800 children's song lyrics. Several hundred of the latter were set to m... Read More

The grave of the Reformed pastor Dániel Pethő

Cemeteries, headstones, tombs

In the early 1870s, the Reformed congregation in Nemesradnót decided to build a new church to replace the damaged wooden church. The work began in 1875. This fell during the ministry of Dániel Pethő. The elderly pastor died in the meantime and is buried in the local cemetery. ; D... Read More

Memorial plaque of Miklós Radnóti

Statue, monument, plaque

The poet himself visited the village in 1941, and took his name from the settlement. A memorial plaque was unveiled at his parents' residence in 2004, on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jónás Glatter, Radnóti's grandfather, is buried in the nearby Rimaszécs cemetery. Read More