Count Veress Castle, Bobâlna
Castelul contelui Veress · Veress-kastély (Bábolna)
sat Bobâlna; comuna Rapoltu Mare, Hunedoara · 212
⚠ Approximate position: the building's exact location is not known; the pin only shows the village.
Listed as not visitable by Hungarian Wikipedia
Summary
An 18th-century manor of the Veress counts in Bobâlna village, Rapoltu Mare commune (Hunedoara County), listed as a historic monument. In the 20th century it belonged to the politician Aurel Vlad and was later used as a collective-farm office.
History
The manor is dated to the 18th century and is named after the Veress counts. According to the Romanian Wikipedia article on Bobâlna, it later belonged to Aurel Vlad, an interwar minister who also owned considerable property in Bobâlna and around Orăștie and who died in Sighet prison under the communist regime. Under communism the building served as the headquarters of a collective farm (CAP). Hungarian Wikipedia lists it as not visitable.
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