1643 Down off the rockDolu zo skaly

In 1643 František Máriássy built a new house on the flat below: a squared Renaissance block round a courtyard, with corner turrets and a decorated attic in the manner of the Spiš towns. It has no serious defences, and it did not need any — the Ottoman frontier was far to the south and a nobleman's private war was no longer legal. This is the single most important change in the story of the Hungarian nobility: once a family no longer had to be defensible, it could live somewhere level, warm and light. The castle above was not abandoned yet, but the family's life had moved downhill.Roku 1643 postavil František Máriássy nový dom dole na rovine: štvorcový renesančný blok okolo nádvoria, s nárožnými vežičkami a zdobenou atikou v duchu spišských miest. Nemá vážne opevnenie a ani ho nepotreboval — osmanská hranica bola ďaleko na juhu a súkromná šľachtická vojna už nebola dovolená. Toto je najdôležitejšia zmena v dejinách uhorskej šľachty: keď rodina nemusela byť brániteľná, mohla bývať na rovine, v teple a na svetle. Hrad hore ešte opustený nebol, ale život rodiny sa presťahoval pod kopec.