17.12 The ruins of the inner courtyard in Jasenov castle

Pencil, watercolour on paper, 295/302 x 466 mm
Inscribed at bottom left: 72; at bottom middle: Jeszenő mit der Aufsicht auf Homonna; verso at bottom middle: Jeszenő mit der Aufsicht auf Homőna
Inscribed on the backing at bottom left: Jeszenoi vár beludvara Homonna felé
MTA Könyvtára, Kézirattár, Ms 4409/206

Map: IV

The ruins of Jasenov / Várjeszenő castle stand on a hill above Jasenov village. The castle was built for the Ráskai family after the Mongol invasion of 1241-1242 but in 1330 it had already been owned by the Drugeth family for some time. In 1644 it was besieged and destroyed by the troops of György Rákóczi I. - The far-off Humenné is discernible in the plain of the Laborec, to the right in the opening of the ruined walls. - Bibliography: Fényes Elek, Zemplén