Tourism II Sátoraljaújhely, Royal Palace of Gödöllő
Date of issue: 4 March 2011
The Sátoraljaújhely first day cover features the last station of
the Hungarian Calvary, the chapel of St Stephen on the top of Szár Hill,
and the building of the Town Hall. The design of the Gödöllő first day
cover consists of the building of the palace church, a painting
depicting Antal Grassalkovich and the motif of some baroque style
balcony railings. The graphic design of the special postmarks employs a
stylised version of the arms of each town.
Sátoraljaújhely, a
town for 750 years. Sátoraljaújhely in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is
situated 82 km from Miskolc. It is named after the nearby Sátor Hill,
and was originally known as Sátorhalom. According to the first records
Alaptolma, the son of the chieftain Ketel and the forebear of the
Cseszneky family, came to power in the area in 904, and later the estate
passed into the hands of the Aba clan. In 1110 King Coloman the
Book-lover gave the area to Count Rátold Casertai, who moved here from
Apulia, and it was then devas-tated by the Mongol invasion. The
survivors did not rebuild the settlement in the same place due to the
constant danger posed by the frequent flooding of the rivers Bodrog and
Ronyva. The new settlement was raised on the right bank of the Ronyva at
the foot of Sátor Hill, hence the town’s present name, which liter-ally
means new place at the foot of Sátor. The first written record of this
is in a document made by Béla IV in 1256. Pauline monks settled here at
this time in Barátszer, then a separate village and now the town’s
oldest quarter. Sátoraljaújhely was granted the status of a town in 1261
by the “younger king” Stephen V, who ruled together with his father. It
was at this time that the castle was built.
Year of the
Baroque 2011, Gödöllő Gödöllő lies on the banks of the Rákos in the
valley of the Gödöllő Hills in Pest county, 30 km to the north-east of
Budapest. Its natural features and good geographical location make the
town attractive. The surrounding forests have been the hunting grounds
of aristocrats and kings for centuries. It is first mentioned in a
document of 1349, when King Louis the Great endowed his childhood tutor,
the courtier Péter Pohárnok, with Gödöllő and the lands and forests
belonging to it. In 1868 the name Gödöllő was finally and officially
settled upon. A major turning point in the life of the town was when
Antal Grassalkovich (1694-1771) became the owner of the area. The
nobleman chose Gödöllő as the centre of his extensive estates and thus
opened the way to major development in the town. The imposing baroque
palace, whose architecture and history are both important, was built
here between 1744 and 1751. In 1751 Maria Theresa visited here. Antal
Grassalkovich was a generous patron with good taste who employed
outstanding architects and sculptors of the age. (Source:
visegradgroup.eu hu.wikipedia.org)
SO
Order code: 2011022050231 (series) 2011022060032 (Sátoraljaújhely/FDC) 2011022060132 (Gödöllő/FDC)
Date of issue: 4 March 2011
Face value: HUF 380
Number of copies issued dependent on demand
Perforated size of stamp: 40 x 30 mm (50 stamps/sheet)
Printing method: offset
Printed by Pénzjegynyomda
Photo by József Hajdú Designed by Eszter Domé
