Károlyi Castle (Carei)
Károlyi Castle is a Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival castle located in Carei, Satu Mare County, Romania. Originally built as a fortress around the 15th century, it was converted to a castle in 1794, undergoing further transformations during the 19th century. The manor is surrounded by an arboretum which contains a great variety of species of trees and plants. History László Károlyi Lancz began building the fortress in 1482. In 1526, the Károlyi ''banderium'' set out from the castle for the Battle of Mohács. In 1592, Mihály Károlyi equipped the castle with four defensive bastions against the Ottoman Empire, Turks, widened the moats, and reinforced the raised defensive rampart with palisades. The Turks besieged the castle once, unsuccessfully. In 1598, it was inhabited by 276 taxpayer families, but in the 17th century, its population dwindled due to repeated destruction by the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor, Imperial Army. In 1615, the envoys of Matthia ...
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Carei
Carei (; , ; /, , ) is a municipiu, city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. The city administers one village, Ianculești (). Geography The municipality of Carei is situated in the north-west of Romania, away from Oradea. Carei is situated in the south-western part of Satu-Mare County, in a plain region, and it is away from the county seat, Satu-Mare. Communes that are near Carei include Căpleni, Urziceni, Satu Mare, Urziceni, Foieni, Sanislău, Petrești, Satu Mare, Petrești, Tiream, Căuaș, and Moftin. History The first mention of the city under the name of "Karul" dates from 1320, and as "Károly" in 1325, however, the city is known to have existed since 1264, as it was the domain of the Kaplon (genus), Kaplony clan and the center of the Károlyi family's personal domain that settled in the region shortly after the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, arrival of the Hungarians. The name of the city comes from the word "karul ...
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