Between the walls of the castle, he wrote the historical novel Abafi [hu],[3] his style being likened to Scottish writer Walter Scott.

Members of the Jósika family, originating in the north of the current Hunedoara County,[4] contributed significantly to the erection and final appearance of the castle.

It is important from a historical perspective, because here Prince of Transylvania Francis II Rákóczi served a last lunch with László Csáky before the battle of Zsibó (present-day Jibou) of 15 November 1705, lost to the Austrian imperial army led by General Ludwig von Herbeville [de].

After his first failed marriage to Erzsébet Kállay from Nagykálló (Hungary), writer Miklós Jósika (1794–1865) retreated to this castle.

[11] A family property inventory from 1854 records a building consisting of 17 rooms, including the writer's office, and a chapel.

[11] The establishment of the communist regime in Romania led to the transformation of the castle into a station for mechanization of agriculture (SMA).

From the round bastion, the main entrance used to open, in front of it there was a small porch, which is no longer visible today.