{"id":276,"date":"2015-06-04T12:55:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T10:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/n2.macskako-vendeghaz.hu\/about-us\/a-macskako-tortenete\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:53:33","slug":"history-of-cobblestone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/n2.macskako-vendeghaz.hu\/en\/about-us\/history-of-cobblestone\/","title":{"rendered":"History of cobblestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201eRespect past in order to understand present and to work on future.\u201d<\/blockquote>

<\/i>Earl Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi (1791-1860), Hungarian politician, theorist and writer, one of the greatest statesmen of Hungarian history, honored with the epithet \u201ethe Greatest Hungarian\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

When we designed the identity of our rural guest house, we focused on the individual, peculiar virtues of the Karancs-Medves land \u2013 being rich of cultural, historical, literary historical and ethnographical heritage \u2013 that represent real values. That was the reason why we chose the Europe-wide famous product of an old nearby stonemine, the cobblestone (macskak\u0151) as denominator of our guest house. This vintage, classic cube-shaped, dark grey stone that was used to covering the streets of Budapest, Vienna, Paris, Sofia and many more European cities in the middle of the last century, was produced in the basalt stonemine \u201eMacskalyuk\u201d (=Cat Hole) of Somosk\u0151. Cobblestone is a perfect trademark of the village, this name and the visual logotype we created together strengthen the power of our brand.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”388″ img_size=”large” alignment=”right” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]An interesting historical fact, that the Trianon-treaty closing World War I in 1920 annexed Somosk\u0151\u00fajfalu \u2013 and also the cobblestone mine – to Czechoslovakia. Both were saved and given back to Hungary by the assistance of one of the foremost Hungarian otologists of the 20th century, the landowner of Somos, dr. G\u00e9za Krepuska. The professor made a successful auditory organ surgery on one of the English members of the Entente commission, who offered his help in reclaiming the territory from Czechoslovakia. On 23rd April 1923, as the last border revision of the Hungarian history so far,\u00a0 the Leauge of Nations annexed the two Hungarian villages, Somosk\u0151 and Somosk\u0151\u00fajfalu back to Hungary.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”385″ img_size=”large” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]The cobblestone having come home together with the stonemine of Somosk\u0151 has a strong familiar relation as well. The predecessor building of the guest house \u2013 that had been used as a family house for 60 years –\u00a0 was built by our dad\/granddad, who worked as a miner in the local mine, similar to his brother, Uncle P\u00e1l Bal\u00e1zs, also called as the last \u201eritzer\u201d (stonemason) of Hungary. Cobblestone is therefore more\u00a0 than a symbol for us: there\u2019s past, love, respect and memory living inside it.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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