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Grave of Márton Grúsz, Chief Post and Telegraph Officer

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

Márton Grúsz served as a senior officer in the Royal Hungarian Post and Telegraph Office. He died at the age of 55. According to the note on the tombstone, the due grave redemption fee has not been paid since 2006, so there is a risk that the grave will be destroyed. Read More

The grave of the teacher Mariska Szuchý, Mrs. Sax Nándorné

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

Nándor Sax gave her soul back to her Creator at the age of 66. Her husband was probably the Nándor Sax who published postcards in Szepesváralja. Read More

Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Spišská Štěpány

Building, structure

The parish church of Szepesváralja, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dates back to the 13th century and rests on Romanesque foundations built after 1258. It was rebuilt in Gothic style between 1462 and 1497, and then in Classicist style between 1824 and 182... Read More

Bust of Ferenc Nehéz

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The bust of Ferenc Nehéz was inaugurated on November 22, 2008 in the garden of the Catholic church. ; Ferenc Nehéz (Dunamocs, October 16, 1912 – Los Angeles, January 29, 1979) was a writer and journalist. He began his journalistic career as a staff member and then editor of Komár... Read More

Millennium Memorial Cross

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The millennium memorial cross stands in the garden of the Catholic church. Its inscription reads: "To the glory of God and in memory of the thousand-year existence of the Hungarian Republic, 1896." Read More

Virgin Mary of Szepeshely crowns Charles Robert, mural

Sacral small monument

"In the former seat of the Spiš provostship, in Szepeshely, the cathedral preserves a wall painting of historical interest. Its value is enhanced by the fact that it is also marked with the exact year. It was removed from under the lime around the middle of the last century and i... Read More

Holocaust memorial plaque (Rozsnyó)

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Until 2002, there was nothing in Rožňany to remind us that Jews had once lived in the city. In the 1970s, the city government even liquidated the Jewish cemetery, and the tombstones that had originally been removed from there gradually disappeared. After several attempts in the c... Read More

The grave of István Kovács, captain of the Hungarian army in 1848-49.

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

István Kovács lived to be 75. The Hungarians of Fülek lay wreaths on his grave every year. Read More

The grave of Count Gábor Zichy and his wife

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

The owner of the Szentpéter castle was Gábor Zichy (son of Count Károly Zichy) in the second half of the 19th century. He had five children, including Miklós, the firstborn son, who sold the estate in 1914 after the outbreak of World War I due to large debts. He then joined the a... Read More

Baranyai family cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Baranyas became the landlords of Marcelháza, until 1945. Among other things, they also organized sewing courses, where women learned to sew. ; The graves are in the immediate vicinity of the Catholic cemetery, in a fenced area, where 3 gr... Read More