Description of the attraction
The history of the castle of St. Miklos, located in Chinadievo, goes back to the distant Middle Ages, when Chinadievo (then St. survived to this day.
The castle was built like a Romanesque feudal fortress. Outwardly, it looks like an impregnable fortress and is a massive gray two-story building with two three-tiered towers at the corners. The castle walls are more than one meter thick. The defensive character of the castle is also emphasized by a number of small loopholes. In terms of the castle, it looks like an irregular quadrangle stretching from north to south. The castle consists of two parts: the southern part with an autonomous entrance, and the northern part - the main entrance leads to it. Like both floors of the castle, both parts are interconnected.
At the beginning of the 18th century, the building ceased to correspond to its original purpose. Although during the years of the anti-Habsburg war, the castle still served the rebel army - the leader of this struggle, Ferenc II Rakoczi, retreated here after the rebels were defeated by the Austrian army near Mukachevo. Later, the dominion passed to the Austrian emperor and Charles VI in 28, 18 century. presents it to Archbishop Schönborn. His family ruled dominance and the castle for almost two hundred years.
Today, the public is fighting for the preservation of this important historical and architectural monument of the 15th century. Now there is a museum of local lore, a concert hall, a hall for wedding ceremonies, an art gallery.
