The Maga Curia Castle from Deva
The Magna Curia Castle (Big Court) or the Bethlen castle, is situated in Deva, near the park of the town, being the oldest building declared hystoric monument, kept in Deva. Geszty Ferenc was the one who founded the actual castle, building in 1582 a holliday camp, following to be used as a residence by many personalities from Ardeal: Báthory Zsigmond, Bocskay István, Báthory Gábor and Bethlen Gábor.
The castle was concept was a renascent concept, belonging to Bethlen Gábor, who, in 1621 radically transformed the initial construction. The Bethlen castle becomes the Barock castle from nowadays in the 18th century. The Interior of the building is simple, some of the rooms from the first floor have arched decks. The others have straight decks with Barock structures. In the festivity hall, from the first floor, there is a decorated fire place, having the coat of arms of the families Haller and Daniel.
During Bethlen Gábor, Deva was the capital of the Transilvanian Princedom for a short period.
Nowadays the castle became the County Museum and has on of the most valuable archeological collection from the country such as numismatic, ethnographic, natural science and arts collections.
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