The publication is intended to assist in discovering Bánffy Castle at Bonțida. It does not aim at exhaustiveness, nor does it seek to overwhelm the reader with an excessive volume of information; rather, it invites them to follow an easy-to-navigate route through the architectural ensemble. The archival photographs help us form an image of the castle’s former splendour, while also confronting us with the destruction caused by the Second World War and by the communist period. Occasional excerpts from the memoirs of Countess Katalin Bánffy, Song from Life, evoke everyday life in a personal tone and introduce us to the world of the castle. Orientation is facilitated by a schematic genealogical tree, all the more useful as several members of the family who played an important role in the castle’s history bore the same forenames – Dénes, György and Miklós.

Author: Zsuzsanna Eke

The publication is available at Bánffy Castle in Bonțida and at the Transylvania Trust Foundation’s headquarters.

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