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Baron Huszár Károly III modified the castle to some extent during the last few decades of the 19th century. The romantic elements of the castle, among which the historicising window from the stairwell, and the eclectic waterworks decorating the castle’s courtyard, were added during this time.

The foundations of the castle’s first building were laid down in 1545. The construction of the building was commissioned by Bethlen Farkas (1505-1552). The laying of the foundation stones is commemorated by a stone plaque, which today is located on the ground floor. Nothing is known of its appearance from that time, although an inventory from 1711 describes a multi-storey renaissance palace with ornate stone window and door frames.  

The new, arcaded castle, which still stands today, was built on a small hill. The topography of site was taken into consideration during the castle’s construction, and the building gives the impression that it is somehow climbing up the hill.

In the period following the Mongol invasion, the region of Vécs (Brâncovenești) went to the Tomaj family and later to the descending Losonci family. According to the documents of the time, the property already belonged to them in 1319. The ancestors of the Losonci Bánffy family inherited it and they were rulers for one century and a half.

The extremely ruinous castle with its neoclassical façade and a couple of neighbouring farm buildings appear on the left side of the European route E60 travelling from Târgu-Mureș to Sighișoara. Today, this is a barren place, although once it was surrounded by a grove, the size of 120 cadastral acres.

Bethlen Márk, the son of Bethlen Miklós settled down the reinassance castle’s ground in the 15th cetury. The castle was built around a square court. Its round crenelated tower was once decorated with raised guardians.  

The construction of the first castle in Cuci/Kutyfalva, was commissioned by count Pekry Lőrinc, a general of the Kuruc rebels, and his wife, baroness Kata Szidónia, who was the first Hungarian woman to become a poet in the baroque age. The stones of this castle were most probably used in the construction of the first Degenfeld Castle in the 19th century, though it was more of a mansion at the time. 

Sámuel Teleki began to build the castle in 1769. The northern wing was built between 1769–1770, while the construction of the southern wing began in 1773. The supervisor of the construction site was Pál Schmidt, the renowned German master mason from Târgu-Mureș.

After the nationalization, the castle served as an accommodation for children refugees in Romania, victims of the Greek Civil War of Independence and since 1951 it functions as a hospital for disabled women. The castle was claimed and recovered by Károly Teleki.  

Similar to the Haller Castle in Sânpaul, this castle has also a „U” -shaped ground plan, in the style of the so-called Grassalkovich palaces. The most beautiful part of the castle is the great hall located on the upper floor, where the original plaster, the two rococo white porcelain stoves and three chandeliers have been preserved.

The previous version of today’s castle was originally built as a hunting lodge in late renaissance style by Rákoczi György I. In 1662 it even hosted the Transylvanian Congress. It was later deserted for several decades. The castle’s new owner, Bornemissza Gergely, made use of the already laid stones, and rebuilt the castle in baroque style between 1718 and 1734.

The castel built in 1545 by Gáspár Bogáti in Renaissance style is a rectangular structure with corner towers. It was one of Transylvania's most comfortable castles, with fortress walls and a water-filled moat.

The village and the estate, after being in the possession of numerous owners, became the property of the Haller family in 1610 through a marriage. They owned it for more than 300 years. Since 2011 the castle functions as a hotel.

Orbán Balázs wrote in 1860 that the building was a “vast and fortified castle, that today lies partially ruined and partially reconstructed”. In the 1870’s Máriaffy Albert commissioned a reconstruction and modification of the building, with a master mason from Marosvásárhely, Sóos Pál (1843-1910) overseeing the construction works.

In place of Rhédey Castle once stood an abbey, church and monastery re-enforced with turrets. In 1569, the Kornis family commissioned the construction of a castle on the ruins. The first iteration of Rhédey Castle was built by masters from Târgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely in the second half of the 18th century, using materials from the remains of Kornis Castle.

The construction of the first castle here was commissioned by Alárdi Ferenc in the 16th century. In 1575, the armies of Báthori István, suzerain of Transylvania, caused serious damage to the castle. In 1610, the Haller family, originating from Nürnberg, commissioned the construction of a new castle, made from the stones of the ruins already laying there. The castle, commissioned to be constructed by Haller István, was eventually finished by his son, János, in 1674. This building was destroyed during the Rákóczi-revolution.

In the second half of the 18th century Ugron István and his wife, baroness Anna Bánffy founded the Ugron family branch of Zau de Câmpie, moving to the estate which the baroness inherited. The estate passed from father to son and in 1860 Ugron Sándor (1826-1901) and his wife Rozália Kendeffy of Râu de Mori (1836-1898) became the owners of the estate.