Charles I of Hungary granted the grounds to Italian supporters of the Drugeth family, who built the original fortification, and the earliest stone buildings are possibly from the 13th century. The article calls the Drugeth structure a rectangular defensive building with rhomboid bastions, recalling castles in southern Italy. It describes a mix of styles and materials and gives no dimensions. The work spans the 13th to 18th centuries, with expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 18th century a French military engineer named Lemaire oversaw its modernization.
Count Miklós Bercsényi lived in the palace after marrying Kristina Drugeth in 1691. The castle withstood many sieges, the last by Francis II Rákóczi in 1703 and 1704, and it was never taken. Fires struck in 1728 and 1879.
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