Liteni Citadel
Liteni Citadel, also named Géczy Citadel or Lita Citadel, is a medieval citadel, built on a cliff, above Iara Valley, situated 3 km South-Eastern from Liteni- Cluj county. The first attesting of the citadel dates from 1324, being rememberd with the name “Castrum Leta”. Sigismund of Luxemburg gave it as a gift to Cluj, and later divided the lordships of the citadel in 3 parts: to Jackcs János, to a judge called Vana and to the voivode of Beius, László. After his death Sigismund of Luxemburg the citadel became property of Losonczi Dezső, and after 1441 the property of Herepei Márk and so on. As a result of an explosion in the deposits of the gunpowder in the undergrounds of the citadel, on 12 february 1562, it was seriously damaged. In 1569 it becomes possession of Géczi János, who built it, his succesors living here almost one century.
The citadel was probably left in the period of the Curuti wars, leaded by Francisc Rákóczi. At the beginning of the 18th century.
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