Partiumi kastélysorsok
The fate of castles in the Partium region

Summary/Abstract: The survey aims to serve as an overview of the castles of the North-West region of Transylvania without the aim of completeness, presenting relevant data related to their establishment, their history and their present state. A common trait of all of these castles can be grasped in their endeavour to carry a representative function, having filled mostly administrational, economical, and residential functions in the past, and before the 18th century they might have had even defensive functions. Most of these castles are related to aristocratic families playing significant roles in the life of that territory, having a shared fate with them. Within the history of all of these castles the years following the Second World War have brought about a dramatic breach, when among the countries of the communist regime in Romania the most outstanding representative living spaces (along with their furniture and inner arrangement) of the class and nation enemy were raided, plundered and demolished with the utmost efficacy and vehemence.

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