Marhaň Manor
The Šariš region offers many attractive places and monuments that are an attraction for both domestic and foreign visitors. One of them is the manor house in the village of Marhaň.
The village of Marhaň is located 25 kilometres from the town of Bardejov. The name of the village comes from its first owner or commander. The variants Margón, Margóna, Margala were used. Over the centuries, the village belonged to various noble families - from the Abos to the Soós and others to the Dessewffys. There were originally two manor houses in the village, but the newer one has never been inhabited. The older manor house was built in the 1830s by Andrej Dessewffy the younger. Perhaps the most famous of this family is Arisztid Dessewffy - the son of Gaspar, who was in 1848 a general of Honvéd, but was convicted by a military court and executed in Araba on 6.9.1849. His remains were brought to the local tomb.
Klasicistický kaštieľ s rokokovými prvkami je dvojpodlažnou blokovou stavbou. Stojí približne v strede obce v jednej z bočných uličiek, viditeľný z hlavnej cesty. V priebehu 20. storočia prešiel objekt niekoľkými opravami a slúžil na viaceré účely (škola, kino, skladové priestory pre jednotné roľnícke družstvo) Po poslednej rekonštrukcii je opäť využívaný ako obecné kultúrne stredisko aj ako galéria. Ďalšou zaujímavosťou je aj hrobka generála Aristid Dessewffy. Hrobka sa nachádza v lese za obcou a je tiež zaujímavým tipom na výlet. Kaštieľ Marhaň je súčasťou Šarišskej hradnej cesty.
Source of text and photo: www.regionsaris.sk
