Rákóczi-Aspremont Mansion

The first mention of the Rákóczi-Aspremont mansion, built on the main street, comes from a 1755 property census document. It can be assumed that the original, single-storey structure consisted of two separate buildings – a large three-section residence and a six-section, single-space outbuilding.

The current condition may have been established around 1700, when the two single-storey structures were connected with an overarching second floor, which transformed the gap between the buildings into a covered carriageway that jutted slightly forward on the street façade as a central avant-corps. At that time, a wooden stairway may have provided access to the second floor from the courtyard. Sometime around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, an internal staircase was built. A stone-framed Baroque window on the avant-corps was built in place of the second-floor entrance door to the courtyard, which has been there ever since. During the major transformation at the beginning of the 20^th century, the baroque façades were destroyed, just like on most buildings in the area. 

During the renovation of the mansion, a wine-tasting room, an office and a wine cellar were built on the lower floor, and three elegant apartments, a banquet hall and a cosy veranda on the upper floor. The significance of the building lies in the fact that the interior decorative paintings were preserved and reconstructed, showing layers from several different periods next to each other.