Melczer Mansion in Alsókéked, Château in Alsókéked, Hungary

The Melczer Mansion in Kéked is a Renaissance castle-house begun in the first decade of the 17th century by the Kékedi noble family. It forms a brick-shaped block around an inner courtyard, with round corner towers, a high loopholed stone wall and square Italian bastions on the later southern wing. Its façades were remodelled in Romantic style in 1863, and it now serves as a hotel.

The Kékedi noble family began the present building in the first decade of the 17th century as a Renaissance castle, later extended southward with a larger residential block and square Italian bastions. In 1658 the estate passed through Kékedi Balázs's daughter Katalin to the Melczer family. Kuruc troops plundered it during Thököly's wars, and an 1708 record still called it ruined. Melczer Pál pledged his share in 1772, restoration followed, and the facade was remodelled in Romantic style in 1863.

The castle takes its name from the Melczer family, Hungarian-speaking Saxon merchants from Eperjes; Katalin, the only daughter of Balázs Kékedi, who died in 1658, married into it. During the Thököly war Kuruc troops plundered the halls, drank the wine in the cellar and drove off the village livestock. A 1708 record still calls the building "bare and ragged".

The castle stands within Kéked, on the 3719 road that crosses the village and the Zemplén range; both the building and its park are reached from this road. The building now operates as a hotel, so visits are tied to its opening as accommodation.

The building keeps the layout of the 17th-century castle: a rectangular block around an inner courtyard, with cylindrical towers at two corners. The north wing was later extended southward with a larger residential block protected by square Italian bastions. Since the 1980s restoration the castle has housed a hotel.