18.4 View of the Sztáray mansion in Michalovce from the garden

Pencil, watercolour on paper, 256 x 372 mm
Inscribed at bottom left: 193
Inscribed on the backing at bottom left: Nagy Mihályi kastély kertioldala
MTA Könyvtára, Kézirattár, Ms 4409/201

Map: IV

Michalovce / Nagymihály / Großmichel lies in the valley of the Laborec river. In the 1850s it was a market town with ca. 2000 inhabitants. The Sztáray mansion was built on the site of the old castle of the Nagymihályi family. Although in the past it was rebuilt many times, its fundamental reconstruction took place only in 1809, according to plans drafted by Heinrich Koch the Elder (1781-1861). It was considered one of the most beautiful and most comfortable mansions in that area. - Bibliography: Izakovičová, Nagymihály, Zemplén