Erdőd

ERDŐD (Ardud, Rumania today) is visited by many people every year, because the village has a spa. In the Middle Ages, Erdőd was a stronghold owned by the Hungarian Drágffy dynasty, but the fortress they held was destroyed during history. On the spot of the old fortress, a palace was ereceted by Hungarian aristocrat Sándor Károlyi, in 1730.
The chapel of this palace was the site of the wedding between the greatest Hungarian patriotic poet, Petőfi Sándor and his bride, Júlia Szendrey, on September 8, 1847.
Petőfi Sándor is remembered by Erdőd by a monument, which stands on the shore of the village's little lake, which had sadly dried-out since.
The Károlyi palace was destroyed during World War II, and only a bastion can be still seen of it, reinforced by concrete pillars, with some remaining parts of the walls attached to it.
The prominent son of Erdőd was Tamás Bakócz, the Archbishop of Esztergom (1442-1521), who was elevated to this height of authority from serfdom by the Hungarian renaissance king, Matthias (1458-1490).