Verpelét

The village is located in the valley of Brook Tarna. It can be reached from the direction of Kál, Kerecsend and Eger; that is, from the Motorway M3 and the Road 3. The railway line between Kál-Bátonyterenye has a stop at the village.

Bronze, Gaelic and Scythian findings and relics were found on the brink of Verpelét. At the end of the 14th century, Verpelét belonged to the Castle of Sirok and was owned by the Kompolti and Országh families. It survived the Turkish reign without any destroy, however became depopulated in the 18th century. In 1928 received the title of market town already.

Its Roman - Catholic Church is from the Roman era. It was rebuilt into gothic style in the 15th century and later on into baroque style in the 18th century. Next to the Church a monument can be found with an “immaculate” statue at its centre, surrounded by various figures in relief. The monument was built in the 18th century. The Bogyay-Castle can be seen at Dózsa György st. 3., which today gives place to the office of the collective farm.

In the house of folklore (Kossuth st. 62.), there is an exhibition of forge, where you may have a look at the tools of this craft. Based on its form and building materials, it should have built at the end of the 18th- or the beginning of the 19th Century. There is a roofed shoeing shed on its left side. It is equipped with the tools of Jakab Smith Dynasty from the turn of the 19th – 20th Centuries. (Opening hours: 9-15, closed on Monday, you may find the warden at Kossuth st. 52.). Plenty of statues and monuments can be found all over the village. For example, the bust of József Bem stands in the yard of the former barracks, the relief of Sándor Petőfi – a work of Miklós Borsos – is on the wall of the building (Petőfi road 17.). The Patriot monument stands in the park at the Main Square built in the remembrance of the battle of Verpelét in 1849. The agriculture of Verpelét has two specialities: grape- and dough production. Both have already been started in the 16-17th centuries. Its fine wines make Verpelét famous even today.

A Volcanic cone mounts north from the railway station. This is a unique volcanic formation, the only one in Hungary. The cone mounts up to 60 meters; its diameter is about 300 meter. The material of its vent was mined intensively until 1934. An entrance was built to the mouth of the crater by cutting a road into it. The volcanic cone is an excellent example for geographical studies. The cutting unfolds the volcanic structure of the cone; in this case, volcanic phenomenon can be studied in cross-section.

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