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Nógrád, the

land of the great

Hungarian

artists

In the footsteps of the
people we are proud of

Nógrád is certainly the land of the great Hungarian art- Among the great people of the county who still live today,
ists. We can proudly say with poet Bálint Balassi: ‘Oh my we can mention Professor Emeritus Dr. Noémi Lukács,

sweet country, you good Hungary. Who wears the shield who carries out her scientific work in her home, in Szirák,

of Christianity…’ The memory of the great poet can be and half the world is waiting to receive her results.
found all over Nógrád, from Balassagyarmat to Somoskő. Péter Földi, a Kossuth Prize-winning painter, was born
We can make a complete circle in the footsteps of Madách and is still living in Somoskőújfalu. Today, as the Artist of
in Nógrád, from Alsósztregova (Dolná Strehová) through the Nation, he proves that it is possible to reach the peaks
Csécse, Ecseg, Csesztve and Balassagyarmat, and back to of one’s art from here, and it is not necessary to move to
Alsósztregova. In the order of the stations, the cradle, the Budapest or to Paris.
altar, the divorce, the chosen residence, the place of public

life, and finally the coffin. An exciting journey, to which the

bicentennial memorial year of the great playwright’s birth
may give special relevance in 2023.
And the biggest palóc, Kálmán Mikszáth. We find his

name in many places. However, we would definitely rec-
ommend visiting two places of his life. The museum in

Szklabonya (Sklabiná), his hometown, and the memo-
rial house in Horpács, the village that was his favourite
place to stay.
In Pásztó, we can visit the monuments of Benjamin Ra-
jeczky and Kálmán Csohány next to the House of the
School Master, as well as the legacy of Gyula Benczúr and
Szabó István Sr. in Benczúrfalva. Film director István Gaál
and Ferenc Zenthe, the Actor of the Nation, left lasting

traces in Salgótarján. Albert Szentgyörgyi started to love
nature in the meadows around the village of Buják. This re-

gion with its beauty also attracted the painter Oszkár Glatz.
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