Lázár Imre Castle, Sărata
Castelul Lázár Imre · Lázár-kastély (Sófalva)
localitate componentă Sărata; municipiul Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud · 204
press says 'over two hectares' of land; 20,000 is the lower bound
as reported by the press (26 rooms); area type not specified
Summary
A neoclassical country house with 26 rooms in the park of Sărata, now part of Bistrița. Built in 1835 for the Sombory family and later associated with Count Imre Lázár, it was sold by the heirs to Italian investors in 2012.
Legal status
Confiscated under communism; returned to the heirs by order of the National Authority for School Camps in 2006; sold 2012 ↗
History
According to Romanian Wikipedia and Economica, the house was built in 1835 by János Sombory and his wife Rozália Tholdy. It passed to their niece Irma Sombory, who married Count Imre Lázár in 1869, and the family used it as a summer residence, wintering in Cluj. Another account dates the present building to the early 20th century. The Red Army period saw the furniture removed and the library burned. After nationalisation it housed railway workers, then a school, and from 1982 school camps, with the rear park destroyed. The estate had passed to an adoptive daughter, Sofia Maria Ferrari Wass, whose heirs died in 2005 and 2006; the building was returned by an order of the National Authority for School Camps in 2006. In April 2012 the four heirs agreed to sell it to Italian investors for an undisclosed price, reportedly well below an initial valuation of one million euros.
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