Abstract
The 200 year old Bánffy Castle exists as architectural evidence of the Hungarian nobility with significant importance in the garden history of Romania. The Renaissance style, late Baroque influence, and Neoclassic accents characterize the landmark, which has surpassed, through restoration, the test of time, and has since revitalized the social life in the nearby village. A cultural and physical message has already been highlighted by reconverting the ruin into a functional space, but a current approach to support the landscape as a local patrimony is lacking. This article discusses a reconstruction study of a green area within the historic garden, by analyzing another example of a Bánffy domain in Transylvania. The need for patrimonial protection of architecture, and landscape has great value in sustaining a local memory. This paper concludes with a discussion on the impact of garden rehabilitation in Modern Age.
Highlights
In Romania, until the last century, the region of Transylvania has benefited from the Hungarian elite, who enriched the local culture and left a unique mark on the landscape with their architecture
A fundamental aspect of this study is to reveal the history of the Sâncrai garden in connection with Bánffy Castle
The past cannot be changed, but the present is an opportunity for a 19th-century garden rehabilitation to stand as a testimony of Hungarian culture and society into the future with positive implications for Transylvania
Summary
In Romania, until the last century, the region of Transylvania has benefited from the Hungarian elite, who enriched the local culture and left a unique mark on the landscape with their architecture. The local secular gardens have suffered in time transformations from one architectural style to another, being closely connected with a fortress, castle, mansion, curia, or any other form of noble or cleric settlement Relevant at this point are the Habsburg historic maps, which capture the plans of the Bánffy domains from the 18th century, both Sâncrai, and Bonțida, and help to identify certain characteristics. This theme has been studied from a historical, cultural, and architectural point of view in maintaining a local patrimony, but the gardens, in both cases, have been lost over time, creating a gap between the past and the present. The study aims to analyze 20th-century postcards and compare the castle with another Bánffy domain to determine a landscape rehabilitation of the main castle entrance that could be extended to a larger part of the settlement
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