Andrássy Palace
Building, structure
The present-day two-storey, spectacularly articulated roof, with a facade covered with plastic plaster decorations, standing on the street front, was the site of three town houses in the Middle Ages, which were rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 18th century. These houses came into the ownership of the Andrássy family one by one between 1810 and 1830. These houses were demolished and in 1898 Count Dénes Andrássy had the neo-Baroque-style, historicizing palace built, which still stands today, built by the Jakab and Répászky construction company from Košice. A café had been operating in the huge interior ground floor spaces of the corner house since the beginning of the 20th century, and today we find a huge confectionery shop in its place. Interrupting his vacation in the High Tatras, Endre Ady inquired about the city's theatrical life and press here in September 1910. This was Ady's only trip to Košice. ; Apartments were located on the upper floors of the house. ; According to local tradition, Count Gyula Andrássy, Prime Minister and joint Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, was born in this house in 1823 - this was also announced for a while by a commemorative plaque above the gate of the house. After 1945, the Czechoslovak authorities had this removed. Coincidentally, they did just the right thing, because in fact Gyula Andrássy Sr. was born in the Oláhpatak castle, not here.