Szapáry castle is a manor house on the east, lower from Burg and below the castle

Považský hrad Považský hrad (other names: ''Hrad Bystrica'', ''Bystrický hrad'', ''Vágbeszterce vára'', ''Waagburg'', ''Bistrizza'', ''Bestruche castrum'') is a ruin of medieval castle on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica in Slova ...

Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica (; german: Waagbistritz; hu, Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism. Profile Považská B ...

municipality. Built was in 1676 probably by the Hungarian nobleman Péter Szapáry. In the interior of the manor was a chapel and school used by common people from the neighbourhood. Nowadays manor is left to dilapilate. In the vicinity of the manors was a cemetery with gravestones of the Hungarian

Balassa Balassa is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bálint Balassa (1554–1594), Hungarian poet ** Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award, Hungarian literary award * Béla Balassa (1928–1991), Hungarian economist ** Balass ...

noble family and garden with plants brought from around the world. In 1918 people driven by anger for the year under

villeinage A villein, otherwise known as ''cottar'' or ''crofter'', is a serf tied to the land in the feudal system. Villeins had more rights and social status than those in slavery, but were under a number of legal restrictions which differentiated them ...

looted the manor. They burned books, destroyed everything that they found. Image:Szaparaymanor.jpg, Photo of Szapáry Manor a painting by Mildorfer Image:Szaparay manor02.jpg, Manor in 1775 Image:Szkastielpovazskepodh.jpg, Present File:Považský hrad and a kaštieľ.JPG, Manor-house and Považský hrad

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Info Short history of both manor houses under the castle in Slovak
{{Authority control Houses in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Trenčín Region