Turkish chapel commemorating the Battle of Palast in 1552

The most important historical event of the village of Palást is undoubtedly the battle that took place on August 10-11, 1552, on its border between the attacking Turks and the Christian armies defending the Highlands, with the victory of the former. The aim of the Turks' 1552 campaign in Hungary was to end the relationship between Habsburg-loyal Hungary and the separate Transylvania. The Christian armies were led by Erazmus von Teuffel, and his troops included Spanish, Italian, Austrian, German, Czech, Moravian, Hungarian and Slovak native units. The leader of the attacking Turks was Hádim Ali Pasha of Buda. After two days of cruel fighting, the battlefield was covered with the bodies of many thousands of fallen warriors, but the victorious Turks also took many thousands of Christian prisoners. The bishop of Vác, Ágoston Sbardellati, who had been providing the Christians with food until then, also fell. As a result of the Ottoman victory, the Turks consolidated their power in the Alsó-Ipoly region. ; ; At the presumed site of the battle, on the western side of the highway, there is a classicist-style, small, square-based, stubby, solid column-shaped, metal-plated pyramid-helmeted memorial chapel, with a rectangular, recessed window niche on the side facing the road. The date of the erection of the column is uncertain (18th century or the first half of the 19th century). In 1864, the column with the image of Mary was described as so dilapidated that the landlord Bernát Ulmann had to have it repaired that year. In 1964, a Hungarian-language sign was placed under the column's niche, "the Hungarian workers of Palásti and the Red Cross", setting up a beautiful memorial to the heroes resting here. The column is occasionally visited by local residents in processions and a mass is held here on the anniversaries of the battle.