Benedek Manor, Gheorgheni
Conacul „Benedek” · Benedek-kúria (Gyergyószentmiklós)
municipiul Gheorgheni, Harghita · Str. Gábor Áron 18
Reopened to the public in June 2016 as a folk house museum and workshop; check current hours with the operator
Summary
A wooden manor house dated 1840 in Gheorgheni (Gyergyószentmiklós), Harghita County, described as peasant baroque and as unique in the county. Owned by the municipality, it was restored with Norwegian-grant funding and reopened in 2016 as a folk house museum and folk art workshop run with the Ethnographia Gyergyoiensis Foundation.
Legal status
Listed historic monument, category B (HR-II-m-B-12832) ↗
History
The manor is dated 1840 and stands on Gábor Áron street. According to Explore Carpathia it was built by János Benedek and is a wooden building in peasant-baroque style; a local newspaper calls it the oldest wooden-structure residential building in the area. The municipality owns it, and the Ethnographia Gyergyoiensis Foundation, active since 1992, uses it under a long-term lease. A restoration financed through the Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway grants took just over a year and was completed in 2016; it included fixing groundwater seepage into the vaulted cellar and conserving old painted wall decoration. The building was officially reopened on 27 June 2016 and houses a folk house museum and a folk art workshop.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lease / concession | — | Foundation uses the municipally owned building under a long-term lease (as reported 2016) ↗ |
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