In Diósgyőr, in a family home overlooking the peaks of distant mountains—one might almost imagine oneself in Liptó—lives Elemér Platthy (or Plathy). The view from his glass-walled living room inspires this involuntary thought. His family, too, hails from that wild, bear-haunted land, from which they…

Original patents of arms issued by King Charles IV—although the most recent of their kind—are nevertheless rare, and thus possess significant historical and heraldic value. This rarity is due in part to the monarch's exceptionally brief reign, lasting only two years (1916–1918), but also to…

The three towers with gleaming copper roofs of the Esterházy residence in Cseklész (now Bernolákovo, Slovakia) shine through even the splendor of the Baroque nobility of the time. Its princely appearance, lavish proportions, and vast, legendary park were reminiscent of the home of princes –…