Károlyi Castle (also called Uray Castle) is a 19th-century castle located in

Beregsurány Beregsurány is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 636 people (2001). Position Beregsuran ...

Vásárosnamény District Vásárosnamény () is a district in north-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. '' Vásárosnamény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Regi ...

, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. The castle was built in

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style by Baron Gyula Uray before being acquired by the

Károlyi family The House of Károlyi is the name of an old and prominent Hungarian noble family, whose members held the title of Count in Hungary, awarded to them on 5 April 1712 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. They claim descent from the late 9th century Mag ...

and updated by architect

Miklós Ybl Miklós Ybl (6 April 1814 in Székesfehérvár – 22 January 1891 in Budapest) was one of Europe's leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century as well as Hungary's most influential architect during his career. His most well-known w ...

History

It was built by Baron Gyula Uray at the beginning of the 19th century, in the

style. On the street and courtyard façades of the ground-floor building, the four-columned colonnade is closed by a triangular pediment. It is simple in design, with romantic details, both on the outside and inside. It is owned by the local government, and currently houses the mayor's office.

The castle park

In the castle park, called the Baron's Garden, there is a

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memorial, a millennium memorial column, and rare species of trees ( holm oak, noble linden,

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