Segesd

Segesd was a medieval market town associated with Hungary's queens. Their residence stood on the high ground of Upper Segesd, protected by a tower, ramparts and ditches and adorned with carved stone and brickwork. The Franciscan house nearby was completed under Queen Fenenna at the end of the thirteenth century; noble officers of the queens were buried there.

In the fourteenth century the royal court still visited Segesd. Queen Elizabeth received her son Louis I here on his return from his first Italian campaign. From 1417 the estate passed through the hands of the Marczali and Báthory families. Ottoman rule from 1566 brought destruction to the old town and castle, ending the prominence that Segesd had enjoyed as a royal residence in Hungary.