Martinuzzi Castle

In the night of 16–17 December 1551 George Martinuzzi was assassinated within the castle walls by General Giovanni Battista Castaldo.

[4] In 1601 the Italian architects Simone and Fulvio Genga were accused of political intrigue and assassinated in the castle's dungeons by General Basta.

[4] In 1715 the castle was owned by Transylvania's Roman Catholic Church, functioning as episcopal summer residence.

During Romania's communist rule, the castle continued to deteriorate, having been used as industrial storage, granary and as a meat processing plant.

[5] Oral tradition suggests that Castaldo assassinated Martinuzzi in an attempt to recover a stash of ancient coins, which the cardinal was rumoured to have acquired from local fisherman and hidden in the castle.