Károlyi Castle is a 19th-century castle located in

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. The castle was remodeled and expanded in

classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

for 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 ...

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 ...

in 1872.

History

The center of

fürdő is occupied by a large park, which was once the garden of the nearby castle. On the right bank of the , on top of a high hill, the former castle of the

still stands today. In the

18th century The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to ch ...

, there was only a summer residence here, owned by several families, including the

Rákóczi The House of Rákóczi (older spelling Rákóczy) was a Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary between the 13th century and 18th century. Their name is also spelled ''Rákoci'' (in Slovakia), ''Rakoczi'' and ''Rako ...

and

Grassalkovich Anton Graf Grassalkovich de Gyarak ( Ürmény, 6 March 1694 – Gödöllő, 1 December 1771) was an Imperial Real Privy Councilor, President of the Royal Hungarian Court Chamber, Chief Justice of Hungary (1731–1748), and confidant of Empress ...

families. The

rented the estate before buying it in 1847, which

György Károlyi György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnogra ...

had rebuilt into a hunting lodge in 1872 with

. In 1889,

Gyula Károlyi Gyula Count Károlyi de Nagykároly in English: Julius Károlyi (7 May 1871 – 23 April 1947) was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1931 to 1932. He had previously been prime minister of the coun ...

added a two-story, romantic wing to the

-style building, which turned it into a 44 room castle complete with a piped water system. In 1914, future

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Count

Mihály Károlyi Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly (; ; or in short simple form: Michael Károlyi; 4 March 1875 – 19 March 1955) was a Hungarian politician who served as a leader of the short-lived and unrecognized First Hungarian Re ...

and his wife,

Katinka Andrássy Countess Katalin Károlyi (née Countess Katalin Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai; 21 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Mihály Károlyi, who served as Prime Minis ...

, spent their honeymoon here.

Current use

After 1918-1919, the confiscated manor building was used as a hotel. In 1927, the estate became state property of Hungary and the National Cultural Foundation was established. From 1949 to 1988, after a restoration, the castle was operated as a children's resort of the National Council of Trade Unions. Then it was used as a Home for the Elderly, maintained by the

Municipality, which moved within its walls, and in 1996 the building was purchased by the Heves County Municipality from the SZOT property. The Home for the Elderly moved to a new building in 2008 and has been empty since then.

References

External links

Parádfürdő. Gróf Károlyi kastély
{{Authority control Castles in Hungary Museums in Hungary Parádfürdő