Sajószentpéter is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the Miskolc–Kazincbarcika agglomeration, 10 kilometres away from the county capital.

Attractions 

The ancient settlement core of the city is today’s Kálvin tér. Major buildings:

• The most beautiful and most important building in the square was built in the 14th century, originally Gothic , now Renaissance and style baroque carrier is Protestant Church (Kalvin ter 13).
• In the western corner of the square (Kálvin tér 43.) stands the birthplace of the poet, translator and alispan of Borsod, József Lévay (1825–1918). The former dwelling house is now a memorial site. On September 12, 1927, a plaque still visible on the house was unveiled. Its inscription: “On November 18, 1825, József Lévay, our great poet with immortal memory, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the chief clerk and deputy general of Borsod County, was born in this house. With grateful grace to his memory, Sajószentpéter. ” The memorial house can be visited from Monday to Friday from 7 am to 3 pm, or on weekends by prior arrangement. The visit is free.
• Right next to the poet’s birthplace stands the former blacksmith’s workshop. With its foyer facing the street and its Czech glass vault leaning on two stone columns, it is a beautiful monument of 18th-century folk architecture. Today, the local Paál László Fine Arts Circle operates in the house.
• The mansion of the Gedeon family (Kálvin tér 2.) was presumably built by Gedeon Kelemen , who received a nobility in 1749, around 1770, in the late Baroque style . Today (in 2011) it is home to the Pattantyús-Ábrahám Géza Vocational School .
• Mayor’s Office (Kálvin tér 4.).

Other attractions:

• Country house
• Roman Catholic Church (Kossuth u. 22.)
• Greek Catholic Church (Vörösmarty u. 12.)
• Open-air mining museum

History 

Sajószentpéter was first mentioned in 1281 as Szentpéter . The settlement was a royal estate, first it belonged to the manor of Diósgyőr and then to Dédes . It was destroyed in Hussite battles and was repopulated from 1466 . From 1886 to 1950 it was also the district seat, but after that its central role regressed as it was largely taken over by the neighboring Kazincbarcika . It was declared a city ​​in 1989 .

In the 17th – 18th centuries it was owned by several noble families, including the Rákóczi and Losonczyaks . In the 19th century, the industrial sector of the economy vál decisive: open coal mines, and then built a glass factory. At the end of the 20th century , mines and a glass factory were also closed (in 1999), and unemployment became a serious problem.