Sharoshpatak fortress

The Sárošpatak fortress is truly a masterpiece of Hungarian Renaissance architecture. It is located 270 kilometers from Budapest, in the north of the Tokai Mountains. Its construction began with the fact that in 1534 Peter Peregny, the titled grandee of those places erected a fortress ensemble and the famous Red Tower.

The heyday of the fortress - XVII century. For a hundred years, the Rakoczi family developed and strengthened the fortress. And in the XIX century, the Duke of Bretzenheim reconstructed it. Legends say that secret passages were extended from the fortress to other neighboring fortresses. Under the city and fortress, indeed, found a large, extensive system of cellars.

Now in the fortress there is a museum named after Rakotsi, visiting which you can learn a lot about the life of noble people of the XVI-XVII centuries on the example of the Rakotsi family. There is a weapons exposition and a Renaissance lapidarium, which present many interesting historical rarities to the attention of visitors.

You can get from Budapest by tram number 4 and number 6. The stop is called Margitsziget. There is also a bus stop with this name, buses No. 26, No. 34, No. 106, No. 901 will fit.