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Association of the castles of Northern Hungary 3996 Füzér, Rákóczi u. 2. | Phone: (06 47) 340 345 Chairman: János Perényi Acting chairman: Jenő Horváth The association was founded on 21...
History of Füzér castle | details
On the Northen part of the Zemplén mountains stands the castle of Füzér in a cliff. You can drive your car until the parking lot, situated next to the houses of the village, from here a...
History of Sátoraljaújhely castle | details
Next to the Northeast border of the country lies Sátoraljaújhely circled by green mountains. On one of these mountains king IV. Béla from Árpád dynasty had a stone castle built for the...
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History of Monok castle Monok is one of the oldest residental settlement situated between the area of the River Tisza and Hernád. From its historic buildings the fortified castle rises above the others which is now under construction. This castle was risen by the Monaky noble family, named after their lands in the middle of the 16th century.
The landowner's residence was protected by heavy stonewall from the regular hostile robbery. From the loop-hole the slaves equipped with guns tried to force back the attacks. The Monaky family owned it until 1634 when it was inherited on female line. According to the statistics of 1703 it might have been worth 2000 Hungarian forints. According to the documents remained to the present days the plunder Turkish riders overran it on two occasions, robbed it and the captured Sir Mihály Monaky was dragged in captivity. 
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The building was built in the so fashionable highlands renaissance style of this era,
this meant that the sunshine got into the spacious, well heated rooms through the
ornamented carved windows.