Rákóczi Castle of Sárospatak
This beautiful, late Renaissance-style castle was built between 1534 and 1537 in Sárospatak in the region of Northern Hungary. Its heyday was in the 17th century when it was owned by the Rákóczi family, the wealthiest aristocrats of Hungary. The castle is Sárospatak’s most well-known tourist attractions, located in a beautiful green-belt, just along Bodrog river. The oldest part of the Rákóczi castle, the five-storey Red Tower, dates from the late 15th century – inside you’ll find period rooms in excellent condition. Today, along with some 19th-century additions, it contains the Rákóczi Exhibition, devoted to the 1703–11 uprising and the castle’s later occupants. Bedrooms and dining halls overflow with furniture, tapestries and porcelain.
