Kendeffy Castle, Sântămăria-Orlea
Castelul Kendeffy · Kendeffy-kastély (Őraljaboldogfalva)
sat Sântămăria-Orlea; comuna Sântămăria-Orlea, Hunedoara
Gate closed; ProTV describes it shut for almost two decades (castleintransylvania lists it as open)
Summary
A baroque castle of 1777-1782 remodelled in neo-Gothic style after 1868, set in an English park at Sântămăria-Orlea near Hațeg. Used as a hotel in the 1980s, it now stands closed and deteriorating.
Legal status
Nationalised 1946/1948; restituted to a Kendeffy heir in the late 1990s; later heirs and Revis Com ↗
History
Count Elek Kendeffy built the first castle on the site of an older manor, with a 1777 building contract and a plaque dated 1782. After 1868 Árpád Kendeffy had it remodelled in neo-Gothic style to plans by József Schulcz and Ferenc Storno the Elder; he died in 1881 before completion, and his widow Gabriella Inkey carried out repairs after Crown Prince Rudolf stayed in 1882. The castle was nationalised in 1946 or 1948 (sources differ) and served as a state farm headquarters, children's camps in the 1960s and later a hotel. It was restituted to a Kendeffy heir in the late 1990s, passed to her son, then to a cousin, and in the 2010s to the company Revis Com of Miercurea Ciuc. It has stood unused and closed for years.
Transactions & prices
Listed components
- Castelul Kendeffy — sf. sec. XVIII (HD-II-m-A-03446.01)
- Anexe — sf. sec. XVIII-înc. sec. XIX (HD-II-m-A-03446.02)
- Parc — sec. XIX (HD-II-m-A-03446.03)
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