Bonțida Bánffy Castle

Bonţida Bánffy Castle Castelul Banffy de la Bonţida
Banffy Castle in Bonţida (drawing from 19 century)
General information
Architectural style	Baroque
Town or city	Bonţida
Country	Romania
Construction started	1437
Completed	1543
Client	Bánffy family
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Agostino Serena Joseph Emmanuel Fischer von Erlach

Bánffy Castle (or Bonţida Bánffy Castle) is an architectonic Baroque monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was owned by the Bánffy family (of which the last member was Miklós Bánffy), sometimes also called "The Versailles of Transylvania". The owner is Katalin Banffy, who has 2 daughters, Nicolette and Elisabeth.

The castle was partly destroyed during World War II by German troops and neglected by the communist regime in Romania; it is currently being restored by the Transylvania Trust, with funds from the European Union, Romanina Ministry of Culture, Getty Grant Programme, World Monuments Fund, NKA (Hungary), etc. The Castle of Bonchida is now being restored as a cultural center. An apartment is being prepared for the use of the Count's family. The Built Heritage Conservation Training Centre, opened on the 26th of August 2005, received the main prize for education and awareness raising by the European Union/Europa Nostra in 2008.

External links

• Built Heritage Conservation Training Centre-Bánffy Castle Bontida, Romania
• Bonţida Bánffy Castle Images

Images

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  Bánffy Castle in 1935
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  Bonţida Bánffy Castle is currently being restored

Featured in a 2009 episode of Ghost Hunters International.