After
re-establishing the parish of Kistálya, a church consecrated to Blessed Virgin
Mary was built in 1723. The construction was initiated by Gergely Sorger who
was Egervár's abbot and provost at the time. After 40 years the church
collapsed and in 1767 a
new one started to be built in the same place. Its construction was supported
by Mátyás Hubert, Egervár's provost and canon and was finished in 1779. It is
also consecrated to the Visitation of Virgin Mary and is an example of the late
baroque architecture with its one nave construction. It is located on top of a
hill along the village and can be approached by climbing a few steps.
MillenniumMonument
"Yellow Jew" Pub
The
Pub to the "Yellow Jew" used to stand at 255. Rákóczi Road, where in February, 1844
Sándor Petőfi (one of Hungary's
most famous poets) wrote the poem "Eger
mellett" (Next to Eger).
Later the original building was pulled down and today two new houses stand
there.
The memorial monument to those killed in World War I and II
Next
to the entrance to the graveyard there are the monuments in memory of the
people who were killed in World War I and II.
Mocsáry mansion - Garden Gloriette
It
is situated in a former but now neglected park between the Eger-Maklár main
route and the Eger
creek valley. It is a round-shaped structure built of 8 Tuscan orders and their
capitals topped with a round shoulder and a dome built of carved stones. It is
a sophisticated and elegant classicist building.
Mocsáry mansion
A
classicist building built between 1836-38. It has two storeys and can be found
next to the Eger-Maklár main route, at 289. Rákóczi Road. It is located on a hill,
facing west. The relieves on the facade were carved by the famous Venetian
sculptor Marco Casagrande, who was living in Eger for years in order to make
the sculpture ornaments of the Basilica in Eger. It used to be the home of a
well-known resident of Andornaktálya, Lajos Mocsáry, who was the sub-prefect of
BorsodCounty and one of the leaders of the
Independence Party. He was also a devotee to the Hungarian-Romanian friendship;
the significant meetings of the national leaders were held in his mansion at
the end of the 19th century. In 1976, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of
"The Hermit of Andornak", Lajos Mocsáry, a sculpture of him made by
Róbert Király was placed on the wall of the mansion. Today the building gives
home to a social institute.
Row of cellars
Most
likely, the core of Andornak and Kistálya was a series of cave flats and
cellars carved in the rhyolite tuff hill-range to the east side of the
villages. Besides these relatively new wine cellars, there are other, ancient
ones around the vineyards, too, the oldest of which is "The Cellar of the
Hundred Hidden Places". There are a lot of rumours about its sizes and the
strange things inside it. According to people's belief one of its branches
reached even Miskolc
(around 80 kms away).