- National Monument Number:
- HD-II-m-A-03225
- Address:
- Deva, 1 decembrie 1918 street nr. 39
- Dated to:
- 16th century
- Ownership:
- public property
At the beginning of the 17th century, the Curia was inhabited by Széchy Mária, the “Venus of Murány”, who was the wife of Earl Bethlen István at the time. She later sold the castle to Prince Rákóczi György I. After the Habsburg takeover of Transylvania, the ownership of the estate changed a few times before the Curia finally became the property of Transylvanian Governor Haller János in 1743, who then proceeded to significantly extend the Curia. He added the defining features of the otherwise rectangular building, the “pavilions” at the corners of the two-storey building, the representative ornate staircase, the intricately carved balconies, the rococo window frames and the interior stucco decorations.
The building was once surrounded by a beautiful courtyard (complete with waterworks), a park and a garden, as well as several farm buildings, all of which very little remains today.