Teleki-Mikó Castle, Uioara de Sus
Castelul Teleki · Teleki–Mikó-kastély (Marosújvár)
localitatea Uioara de Sus; oraș Ocna Mureș, Alba · Str. Lungă 41
Private, unused and dilapidated; one directory lists it as visitable but confirm access and safety
Summary
A neo-Gothic castle at Uioara de Sus (Ocna Mureș, Alba County), rebuilt in the mid-19th century for Count Imre Mikó on the site of a medieval fortress, later owned by the Teleki family. It stands empty and deteriorating, with the ruins of a pentagonal tower and of a Romanesque church nearby.
Legal status
Nationalised 1949; returned to Teleki heirs (2007 per Alba24); according to another source, a court ruled joint undivided ownership of the Teleki family and another private family ↗
History
Romanian Wikipedia dates a castle at Uioara to 1290, on an older fortified site. The estate was given to János Gálfi, who built a fortified Renaissance castle, and it later passed to the Mikes family, who held it until 1854; István Mikes remodelled it in Baroque style in 1742. Insurgents led by Simion Prodan destroyed it in October 1848. Imre Mikó bought the estate in 1854 and had it rebuilt in neo-Gothic style to plans by the Cluj architect Antal Kagerbauer (dates given as 1850-1859 or 1856-1862, depending on the source). After Mikó's death in 1876 it passed to Count Ádám Teleki. It was nationalised in 1949, then housed an agricultural cooperative and later other uses, and was looted after 1989. A 2022 press report says it was returned to Teleki heirs (2007 per one account), while another source says a court placed it in joint undivided ownership of the Teleki family and another private family; present ownership is therefore uncertain.
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Listed components
- Castelul Teleky — 1742, transf. 1869 (AB-II-m-B-00380.01)
- Capelă romano-catolică — 1296, transf. sec. XV (AB-II-m-B-00380.02)
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