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Történettudomány - Olajos Csaba: A Kapyak ősi kúriája - A tállyai Maillot-kastély
128 Olajos Csaba THE ANCIENT KAPY MANSION - THE MAILLOT CASTLE OL TÁLLYA Keywords: András Кару, mansion, castle, Trautson, Bretzenheim, Beust There is a building survey in the National Archives depicting the ancient Кару mansion in the market town of Tállya: since literature only acknowledges two Rákóczi and a later Maillot mansion at the settlement, this unusual and new evidence was the starting point of lengthy research. The Tállya map from Römisch and the 1867 cadastral map allowed us to determine similarities between the Кару mansion and the Maillot Castle, even though the building went through many changes over the course of history. Tállya settlement had its first ties with the Кару (or Kapivári, originally Tétényi) family from Sáros county in 1413. Ferenc Кару, having married the daughter of Imre Kálmánczay gained possession of the property. The construction of the multi-storey mansion can be dated around 1727—1741; it is uncertain whether it was built by István Kálmánczay or Imre, or his son-in-law Ferenc Кару or perhaps the Palásthy family. Following the confiscation of Rákóczi estates, Regéc manor was given to the Trautson family, which fell back on the treasury after the death of their last male member in 1775. The treasury surveyed the manor’s buildings and the aforementioned building survey was the result of that work. This is why the 1783 Römisch-map shows it as a treasury building. Due to being unused, circa 60 years after the mansion’s construction, József Кару offered it to the treasury for 4600 Rhenish guilder. The mansion was handled by the treasury during 1783—1807; later in 1808 it was gifted to Károly Ágoston Bretzenheim along with the former Rákóczi estates. This is where the misconception that it was Rákóczi property came from. Based on inheritance, Fredinand Bretzenheim became the owner between 1823 and 1855; it was during his period that the Кару mansion’s renovation and expansion began in 1839. Its transformation to a castle happened between 1839—1842, led by stonemason János Raiz and carpenter János Gálfy. After the death of the last male Bretzenehim in 1862, the castle, through Baron Ödön Beust, came into the possession of the Bretzenheim prince’s great granddaughter Baroness Margit Beust, then later of Baron György Maillot de la Treille through marriage. His son Nándor went bankrupt due to his prodigal lifestyle - following his suicide in 1929, his estates and castles were taken over by the Mortgage Bank which put them to use by offering them up for rent. During World War II, emergency homes were established in the building, leading to the disappearance of the majority of the furniture - presumably the family distributed it among themselves — and the famous copper engravings were also destroyed. Later on a primary school was established in the building. The settlement decided to build a new multi-storey school in the southwestern corner of the lot, ruining the unified environment of the Rákóczi mansion—Maillot Castle. Csaba Olajos
