István Erdélyi, the descendant of the count Menyhért Lónyai, once minister of Hungary, lives in Serbia presently. He began to research mansions and castles his family owned in the past. There is no important castle in the Carpathian Basin he did not paint in his catching style.

During decades before WWI, glasses with stickers were the most important tourist souvenirs sold at spas and tourist centres. After WWI these were exchanged for porcelain objects and glasses.

Várpalota was a dooming market town in the 19th century. The citizens generated long-lasting values in the region where several nations and religions existed together.