Cantacuzino-Ghica Castle, Deleni
Castelul Cantacuzino-Ghica (Conacul Cantacuzino-Deleanu) din Deleni
sat Deleni; comuna Deleni, Iași
⚠ The price was checked more than a month ago: the property may already be sold or re-priced.
View listing ↗plot in Sotheby's listing; press gives 4.23 ha incl. park, outbuildings and agricultural land
Sotheby's 'interior' figure; type (built/usable) not specified
Summary
A class A monument in Deleni (Iași County): a c. 1730 boyar manor with 36 rooms, a 1669 church, outbuildings and a park on 4.23 ha, remodelled in the early 20th century by Nicolae Ghika-Budești. Returned to the former owners' heirs after 1990 but never restored, it is offered by Romania Sotheby's for 750,000 EUR.
Legal status
Nationalised; returned to the former owners' heirs after 1990 ↗
History
The oldest element is the church of 1669 beside a boyar court. The present manor dates from about 1730 and passed to the Ghica family when Maria Cantacuzino married Constantin Ghica in 1778, founding the Ghica-Deleni branch. Works, including a stone enclosure wall, continued until 1802, and early in the 20th century the architect Nicolae Ghika-Budești remodelled it. Soviet troops were quartered there in 1944-1946 and damaged it. After nationalisation it served as a cultural house and, from the 1950s, as a children's tuberculosis preventorium. After 1990 it was returned to the heirs, but lack of funds prevented restoration; it was offered through Artmark in 2019 and later through Romania Sotheby's.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s (exact date unknown) | Restitution | — | Returned to heirs of the former owners after 1990 ↗ |
| 2019-03 | Asking price | €500,000 | Artmark starting price; estimated value 1.5-1.9 million EUR ↗ |
| 2022-12-12 | Asking price | €800,000 | Sotheby's listing posted; press later says the 750,000 EUR price is 50,000 below the previous ask ↗ |
| 2026-10-01 | Asking price | €750,000 | Reduced by 50,000 EUR, Romania Sotheby's ↗ |
Listed components
- Conacul Cantacuzino-Deleanu — 1730 (IS-II-m-A-04146.01)
- Biserica „Adormirea Maicii Domnului” — 1669 (IS-II-m-A-04146.02)
- Spital — sec. XX (IS-II-m-A-04146.03)
- Zid de incintă — sec. XVIII (IS-II-m-A-04146.04)
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