Bonţida Bánffy Castle

Infobox Historic building
name = Bonţida Bánffy Castle
"Castelul Banffy de la Bonţida"


caption = Banffy Castle in Bonţida (drawing from 19 century)
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location_town = Bonţida
location_country = ROU
architect = Agostino Serena
Joseph Emmanuel Fischer von Erlach
client = Bánffy family
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construction_start_date = 1437
completion_date = 1543
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style = Baroque
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Bánffy Castle (or Bonţida Bánffy Castle) is an architectonic Baroque monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was owned by the Bánffy family (of which the last member was Miklós Bánffy), sometimes also called "The Versailles of Transylvania".

The castle was partly destroyed during World War II by German troops and neglected by the communist regime in Romania; it is currently being restored with help from the World Monuments Fund.

External links

* [http://www.heritagetraining-banffycastle.org/ Built Heritage Conservation Training Centre-Bánffy Castle Bontida, Romania]
* [http://www.karpatok.info/fenykeptar/bonchida/ Bonţida Bánffy Castle Images] hu icon