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This imposing castle lies to the south of the town center; the castle grounds with its gardens and fortified walls stretch from the Kádár Kata utca to the bank of the Bodrog river. It is best to cross the Bodrog before visiting the castle (the castle entrance is on the west side) and look at the complex from the opposite side of the river.
The oldest part of the castle is the so-called Red Tower (Vöröstorony), a six-storied building with corner turrets. It was extended into a keep at the end of the 15th C by the former owners, the Pálóczi family and around 1540 by Prince Péter Perényi into residential quarters in Renaissance style (currently under renovation). Rooms worth seeing in the Red Tower are the former chapel on the second
The oldest part of the castle is the so-called Red Tower (Vöröstorony), a six-storied building with corner turrets. It was extended into a keep at the end of the 15th C by the former owners, the Pálóczi family and around 1540 by Prince Péter Perényi into residential quarters in Renaissance style (currently under renovation). Rooms worth seeing in the Red Tower are the former chapel on the second
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