When we hear the name Déva, the castle on the hill overlooking the Maros River and, of course, the story of Kelemen the Mason come to mind. Legend has it, that the walls of the castle kept falling down during construction, so the 12 masons agreed that the first of their wives to came up to the castle would be thrown into the fire and her ashes mixed with the lime. The victim was Kelemen's wife. The castle was built by Béla IV after the 1241-42 Mongol invasion and was a royal castle and the property of the vajda representing the power of the Hungarian king in Transylvania. The castle was held on that title by the oligarch Kán László, who imprisoned the pretender to the throne, Otto of Bavaria, in this castle after taking the Holy Crown of Hungary from him. After his death, his sons' army was defeated by Charles I of Hungary under the castle, which was also captured by the king. Hunyadi János, who later became Governor of Hungary, also gained possession of the castle as a vajda, as did Szapolyi János (the future King John I) later. Few people know that after his triumph over the Turks as captain of Eger Castle in 1552, Dobó István was appointed vajda of Transylvania, and with it he received Déva. During the Principality of Transylvania, its military importance increased when in 1616 Prince Bethlen Gábor had to cede Lippa to the Turks, making Déva a border castle. However, the Turks never laid siege to it. It was here that Széchy Mária, the future 'Venus of Murány', who inherited the castle from her husband, the nephew of Prince Bethlen Gábor, found refuge from her aggressive new husband. During the 1703-1711 Hungarian War of Independence, it was captured by the kuruc insurgents, and taken back from them by the 'labanc', the imperials, under the leadership of Csáky András. It was then strengthened by the Austrians, and the nobility of Hunyad County took refuge here from the bloodthirsty Vlach mob led by Horea in 1784. The castle was then abandoned, and it was only saved by the fact that in 1817 the visiting Emperor Francis I liked it so much that he ordered its restoration. During the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, the Austrian guards surrendered the castle to the Hungarian soldiers. At the end of the war, however, the castle's powder magazine exploded under circumstances that are still unclear, killing more than a hundred Hungarian soldiers and destroying the castle.

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Legend has it, that the walls of the castle kept falling down during construction, so the 12 masons agreed that the first of their wives to came up to the castle would be thrown into the fire and her ashes mixed with the lime. The victim was Kelemen's wife. The castle was built by B\u00e9la IV after the 1241-42 Mongol invasion and was a royal castle and the property of the vajda representing the power of the Hungarian king in Transylvania. The castle was held on that title by the oligarch K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3, who imprisoned the pretender to the throne, Otto of Bavaria, in this castle after taking the Holy Crown of Hungary from him. After his death, his sons' army was defeated by Charles I of Hungary under the castle, which was also captured by the king. Hunyadi J\u00e1nos, who later became Governor of Hungary, also gained possession of the castle as a vajda, as did Szapolyi J\u00e1nos (the future King John I) later. Few people know that after his triumph over the Turks as captain of Eger Castle in 1552, Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n was appointed vajda of Transylvania, and with it he received D\u00e9va. During the Principality of Transylvania, its military importance increased when in 1616 Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor had to cede Lippa to the Turks, making D\u00e9va a border castle. However, the Turks never laid siege to it. It was here that Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria, the future 'Venus of Mur\u00e1ny', who inherited the castle from her husband, the nephew of Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor, found refuge from her aggressive new husband. During the 1703-1711 Hungarian War of Independence, it was captured by the kuruc insurgents, and taken back from them by the 'labanc', the imperials, under the leadership of Cs\u00e1ky Andr\u00e1s. It was then strengthened by the Austrians, and the nobility of Hunyad County took refuge here from the bloodthirsty Vlach mob led by Horea in 1784. The castle was then abandoned, and it was only saved by the fact that in 1817 the visiting Emperor Francis I liked it so much that he ordered its restoration. During the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, the Austrian guards surrendered the castle to the Hungarian soldiers. At the end of the war, however, the castle's powder magazine exploded under circumstances that are still unclear, killing more than a hundred Hungarian soldiers and destroying the castle.","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@#5|@after 1241|King B\u00e9la IV of Hungary built the castle after the Mongol invasion. It was owned by the king or the vajda of Transylvania later as well. According to the Romanians, there was a Dacian and a Roman fortress on the castle hill, but it was not proven by archaeologists.@1262|A war broke out between King B\u00e9la IV of Hungary and his son, Istv\u00e1n. They made an agreement in Pozsony at the end of the year, and divided the country between themselves. The eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, became the domain of Istv\u00e1n.@1264|King B\u00e9la IV launched an attack against Istv\u00e1n. The army of K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 and Gyula consisting of mainly Cumans was defeated by Cs\u00e1k P\u00e9ter, the follower of Istv\u00e1n, at D\u00e9va (\u201ecastrum Dewa\u201d). But Istv\u00e1n had to retreat to the castle of Feketehalom from the army of Judge Royal L\u0151rinc son of Kem\u00e9ny, where he was besieged.@early 1265|When the liberation army arrived, Istv\u00e1n broke out from Feketehalom Castle and defeated the besiegers. He launched a counter-attack and defeated the royal army led by b\u00e1n B\u00e9la of Macs\u00f3 and n\u00e1dor K\u0151szegi Nagy Henrik in the battle of Isaszeg.@1269|The castle was mentioned for the first time as Dewa. Some suggest that the name comes from the Slavic deva word meaning girl. This may be connected to the legend of the woman walled up in the castle. Legend has it, that the walls of the castle kept on crumbling during the construction, and the masons feared that they would not be paid. The 12 masons agreed that one of their wives, whoever showed up at the castle first, would be burned and her ashes would be mixed into the mortar. The victim was the wife of Kelemen, the castle was completed and the masons got paid. According to another theory, the name comes from an old Hungarian personal name of Turk origin, the original form of which was Gy\u0151 preserved in the Algy\u0151 settlement name.@from the late 13th century|The castle belonged to the domain of vajda K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 of Transylvania, who was one of the most powerful oligarchs of Hungary after the last king of the House of \u00c1rp\u00e1d died.@from 1302|D\u00e9va Castle was the seat of the vice vajda of Transylvania.@1307|The oligarch K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 captured Otto, Duke of Lower Bavaria, a pretender to the throne of Hungary, who came to Transylvania to get married. Duke Otto was crowned King of Hungary in 1305, but the coronation was invalid according to the traditions. He was held captive in D\u00e9va Castle for a couple of months until he was ransomed. But K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 kept the Holy Crown of Hungary, which he had taken from Otto.@1309|K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 delivered the Holy Crown of Hungary to Charles Robert (later King Charles I of Hungary), after Gentile, the papal legate threatened him with excommunication.@1316|K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 died. King Charles I appointed Mikl\u00f3s of the Pok clan vajda of Transylvania, which the sons of K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 refused to accept. The royal army defeated the army of the sons of K\u00e1n under D\u00e9va Castle and occupied the castle. D\u00e9va belonged to the vajda of Transylvania afterwards.@from 1442|Hunyadi J\u00e1nos and \u00dajlaki Mikl\u00f3s controlled D\u00e9va as vajdas of Transylvania.@around 1443-1444|King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 I of Hungary donated D\u00e9va to Hunyadi J\u00e1nos, but as the king fell in the battle of Varna in 1444, Hunyadi wasn\u2019t officially registered as its owner and D\u00e9va remained a royal casatle.@1453|King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V of Hungary donated D\u00e9va to Hunyadi J\u00e1nos.@#7|@1456|Hunyadi J\u00e1nos died from plague. His widow, Szil\u00e1gyi Erzs\u00e9bet, had to return D\u00e9va to the king along with other castles.@1457|King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V of Hungary died. The castle was acquired by Szil\u00e1gyi Mih\u00e1ly, who gave it to his nephew, Hunyadi M\u00e1ty\u00e1s (later King Matthias).@1490|King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II of Hungary donated D\u00e9va to B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Ecsed, who was Judge Royal and vajda of Transylvania. Later it was acquired by vajda Szapolyi J\u00e1nos of Transylvania.@1504|The castle was owned by the Hunyadi family until the death of Corvin J\u00e1nos.@#8|@after 1526|Vajda Per\u00e9nyi P\u00e9ter received D\u00e9va after the battle of Moh\u00e1cs.@1529|King John I of Hungary acquired the castle.@1539|King John I of Hungary gave D\u00e9va to his wife, Queen Isabella, as a wedding gift.@#9|@November 1550|T\u00f6r\u00f6k J\u00e1nos of Enying, isp\u00e1n of Hunyad County, defeated the outpost of the army of Pasha Kasim here. The damages caused by the Turks were later repaired.@1551|King Ferdinand I took control of D\u00e9va. The child John Sigismund's guardian, George Martinuzzi, with Castaldo's imperial army, forced Queen Isabella to surrender the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (including Transylvania) to King Ferdinand I. Isabella left for Poland with her child, the heir to the throne. The Turks then launched a punitive campaign against Hungary.@1552|The Turks captured the castles of Temesv\u00e1r, Solymos and Lippa during their campaign launched to take revenge for the surrender of Hungary to the Habsburgs. D\u00e9va became part of the frontier.@1553|King Ferdinand I of Hungry appointed Kendy Ferenc and Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n vajdas of Transylvania. Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n was gifted the castles of D\u00e9va and Szamos\u00fajv\u00e1r as a reward for having defended heroically Eger Castle against the Turkish army.@1556|The Estates of Transylvania, dissatisfied with Habsburg rule, recalled Queen Isabella to the throne, to which the Sultan gave his consent. On her return, she regained control of eastern Hungary.@1556|Queen Isabella returned to Hungary and took control of D\u00e9va. Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n was removed from the office of vajda of Transylvania by the Estates of Transylvania. He was held captive for nearly 10 months in the castle of Szamos\u00fajv\u00e1r until he managed to escape.@#10|@November 15, 1579|The first Unitarian bishop of Transylvania, D\u00e1vid Ferenc, died in the prison of D\u00e9va Castle. John II, the son of King John I of Hungary and Queen Isabella, who also converted to the Unitarian faith in 1567, gave D\u00e1vid Ferenc the printing press in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. After the death of John II in 1571, the Catholic B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n became Prince of Transylvania, who took the printing press from the Unitarians and prohibited any further renewal of faith. In 1579, D\u00e1vid Ferenc was arrested for denying the divinity of Jesus and the country assembly gathered in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r sentenced him for life imprisonment.@around 1580|The castle was reinforced due to its military significance.@1581|Geszthy Ferenc arrived in Transylvania and became the counsellor of Prince B\u00e1thory Krist\u00f3f and the captain of D\u00e9va Castle. He expanded the castle and built a manor house at the foot of the castle hill. Geszthy Ferenc published the first Vlach language translation of the Old Testament at his own expense, which was based on the work of Heltai G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, the first Hungarian translation of the Bible.@#12|@1594|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to Geszthy Ferenc. Geszthy died in 1595 and established the first school in D\u00e9va in his will. His widow, Horv\u00e1th Anna, gave D\u00e9va Castle back to Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond in 1596. After that, the castle was held by the princes of Transylvania.@September 9, 1603|The imperial general Giorgio Basta wanted to execute the aristocrats of Transylvania in D\u00e9va.@#13|@#14|@1610|Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to Bethlen G\u00e1bor.@1614|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to his wife, K\u00e1rolyi Zsuzsanna, who died in 1622.@1616|The importance of D\u00e9va as a frontier castle of Transylvania increased, after Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania handed over Lippa to the Turks, in exchange for helping him to power. In spite of this, the castle was never reinforced with the defences the military standards of that age would have demanded. The Turks never besieged the castle.@#15|@#16|@1621|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania converted the manor house built by Geszthy Ferenc to a Renaissance palace. It has been called Bethlen Palace as well ever since.@1622|The castle was acquired by Bethlen Istv\u00e1n, the nephew of Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor. In 1627, he married Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria, who was later called \u0022Venus of Mur\u00e1ny\u0022.@1632|Bethlen Istv\u00e1n died young. Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria lived in the manor house of D\u00e9va. In 1634, she married again to Kun Istv\u00e1n, isp\u00e1n of Szatm\u00e1r County, but she abandoned his violent husband soon and moved back to D\u00e9va. Kun Istv\u00e1n went after her with his soldiers, but Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria managed to flee from the manor house to the castle on the hill, which Kun Istv\u00e1n didn\u2019t dare to besiege.@1640|Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria sold D\u00e9va to Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I of Transylvania. The prince ordered the construction of the round bastion to protect the castle from the east.@#17|@#18|@I657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to Barcsay \u00c1kos.@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@1658|The Tartars ravaged and plundered throughout Transylvania and Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed captured Jen\u0151 Castle. The Estates of Transylvania sent Barcsay \u00c1kos to the camp of the grand vizier to beg for mercy. In return, the Grand Vizier demanded that the annual tax be raised from 15 to 40 thousand forints (gold coins) and that Lugos and Karansebes be ceded. This was the price for the Turks to leave Transylvania. The grand vizier appointed Barcsay prince on 14 September.@1659|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II returned to Transylvania and forced Barcsay \u00c1kos to retreat to Szeben and besieged him.@May 22, 1660|In the battle of S\u00e1szfenes, Pasha Shejdi Ahmed of Buda defeated R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, who lost his life. The Tatar armies invaded Transylvania for the second time.@November 1660|Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, the former commander of R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, defeated the army of G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, the brother of Prince Barcsay Andr\u00e1s, at \u00d6rm\u00e9nyes. Barcsay G\u00e1sp\u00e1r fell in the battle. Then, on 31 December, Barcsay \u00c1kos renounced the throne. D\u00e9va Castle was handed over to Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos by its German garrison. In 1661 Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos had Barcsay \u00c1kos captured and murdered.@1661|The army of Pasha Seydi Ahmed of Buda marched into Transylvania, after the country assembly held in Beszterce on 23 April declared the independence of Transylvania from the Ottoman Empire and placed the country under the protection of Emperor Leopold I. On 14 September, Pasha Ali forced the country assembly to elect Apafi Mih\u00e1ly Prince of Transylvania in Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely.@January 23, 1662|The deposed prince Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, having been abandoned by his imperial allies, was defeated by the Turks at Nagysz\u0151l\u0151s (near Segesv\u00e1r), where he fell.@1661-1690|The castle operated as a prison during the reign of Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I of Transylvania.@#23|@#25|@#26|@1701|Emperor Leopold I ordered the destruction of many Hungarian castles, but D\u00e9va was spared, because its German garrison was to keep the rebellious population of the neighbourhood at bay.@#27|@1704|The castle was captured by the kuruc insurgents.@1706|Cs\u00e1ky Andr\u00e1s took the castle back for the Emperor by three months of siege.@1711\u20131712|Roman Catholic Bulgarian merchants found refuge in D\u00e9va from the Turks. They gained significant influence in the town.@1717-1719|General Steinville, the military commander of Transylvania, repaired the damages of the castle, and reinforced and expanded it in Vauban-style.@1724|A Franciscans started to build a monastery with the support of the Bulgarian merchants.@1733|The castle was acquired by the Haller family.@1738|A great plague decimated the population.@1752|Count Maximilian Ulisse Broune renovated and reinforced the castle, but it already had little military value.@1773|The heir, Joseph II, visited the castle.@1784|A significant part of the nobility of Hunyad County retreated to D\u00e9va Castle from the Vlach peasant uprising of Horea. Some of the captured participants were executed in D\u00e9va. In 1784, Emperor Joseph II ordered an increase in the number of border guards. The Valch serfs in Transylvania were under the misapprehension that the conscription had been started, and began to gather en masse, as the military service was the only way for the Vlach migrants that overpopulated in the Transylvanian mountains to escape the misery. The leaders of the local administration, believing that they were being bypassed by the imperial court, tried to block the process. In addition, the Vlach Orthodox priests incited the Vlach population against the Hungarians, whom they hated, and fooled the Vlachs with the myth of their Daco-Roman origin. Horea spread the word that the emperor had appointed him as the leader of the Vlachs. The enraged Vlach peasants attacked the Hungarian and Saxon citizens and began a terrible ethnic cleansing, exterminating 133 mostly Hungarian settlements and murdering thousands of people. After the mob was crushed, two of their leaders, Horea and Clo\u0219ca, were executed by the wheel in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. The third leader, Cri\u015fan, cowardly committed suicide in the prison. There was no mass reprisal.@1800|The movables of the castle were purchased by Pog\u00e1ny Franciska for only 150 forints in an auction. She took everything from the castle,that could be moved. The stones of the castle were used for the constructions in the town.@1817|King Francis I of Hungary visited D\u00e9va and liked the castle and its neighbourhood. He ordered its restoration, which took 12 years and cost 216 thousand forints.@#28|@1848|An Austrian garrison stationed in the castle at the beginning of the Hungarian War of Independence.@February 7, 1849|The Hungarian revolutionary army of Kem\u00e9ny Farkas was surprised by the attack of the Vlach insurgents led by Avram Iancu, and only the arrival of the troops of Bethlen could save them. General Bem J\u00f3zsef retreated to D\u00e9va after his defeat at V\u00edzakna. The Vlachs supported the imperial forces.@May 27, 1849|The Austrian garrison of D\u00e9va Castle consisting of 200 soldiers surrendered to the Hungarians after four weeks of encirclement. The Hungarians let the Austrians retreat to Temesv\u00e1r. General Bem J\u00f3zsef set up an ammunition depot in the castle.@August 13, 1849|After the Hungarian army had to give up the siege of Temesv\u00e1r due to the Russian intervention, the munitions stored in D\u00e9va Castle exploded under unknown circumstances causing the death of more than one hundred Hungarian soldiers. Only the ruined walls on top of the castle hill can be seen of the once important and extensive fortification ever since.@#30|@August 18, 1849|The remains of the Hungarian army of General Bem and Guyon Rich\u00e1rd surrendered to the Austrian forces in D\u00e9va.@#31|@1916|On 27 August, Romania declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and launched an attack against Hungary. This triggered a huge wave of refugees from Transylvania, as the population feared a repeat of the Romanian ethnic cleansing of 1848-49. Austro-Hungarian and German forces drove the invaders out of the country by mid-October and occupied Bucharest on 6 December. Romania surrendered and signed a peace treaty with the central powers on 7 May 1918 (Treaty of Bucharest).@1918|On 3 November, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy signed the Armistice of Padua. The already defeated Romania then declared war on Germany on 10 November, just one day before the Germans signed the armistice near Compi\u00e8gne. The Romanians then launched an offensive against Hungary, which had already unconditionally ceased fighting at the demand of the Entente. Romania was only recognised by the Entente powers as one of the victors of WWI only later.@#32|@from 1918|By 1922, 197,000 Hungarians were forced to leave the Romanian-occupied part of the country. By 1939 a further 169,000 Hungarians had left Transylvania, mostly aristocrats, intellectuals and a significant number of farmers. Most of them moved to Hungary. Before the Romanian invasion, 1,662,000 Hungarians lived in Transylvania, 32 percent of the population.@#36|@from the 1950s|800,000 Romanians were settled in Transylvania from Moldavia, but many also came from Wallachia. The aim was to Romanianize the still majorly Hungarian towns and to break up the ethnic Hungarian blocks. While previously there was a Romanian majority in only a few small towns, this has been reversed by now.@2002|7.2 million people lived in Transylvania, including 1.42 million Hungarians. There were 1.65 million Hungarians out of 5.2 million in 1910. The proportion of the Romanians increased from 53.78% to 74.69%, while the proportion of the Hungarians decreased from 31.64% to 19.6%. The proportion of the Germans dropped from 10.75% to below 1%. These changes were mainly the results of migration and the persecution of Hungarians and Saxons. Transylvania here refers to the entire territory that once belonged to Hungary, which is much larger than historical Transylvania.@2010|Extensive restorations started in the castle.&studhist.blog.hu: D\u00e9va v\u00e1ra \u00e9s a tizenk\u00e9t k\u0151mives|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2017\/11\/30\/deva_vara_es_a_tizenket_komives\nstudhist.blog.hu: D\u00e9va v\u00e1ra \u00e9s a Mur\u00e1nyi V\u00e9nusz|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2017\/12\/06\/deva_vara_es_a_muranyi_venusz"},"castles":[{"castleId":169,"townId":71,"active":1,"name_LO":"Cetatea Devei","settlement_HU":"D\u00e9va","settlement_LO":"Deva","address":"Strada Cet\u0103\u021bii","listorder":2,"gps_lat":"45.8887860000","gps_long":"22.8969100000","oldcounty":35,"country":4,"division":20,"cond":3,"entrance":1,"varaklink":"https:\/\/varak.hu\/latnivalo\/index\/1432-Deva-Var\/","homepage":"","openinghours":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Radu Muntean, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cetatea_Plutitoare.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Cetatea Plutitoare\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Cetatea_Plutitoare.jpg\/512px-Cetatea_Plutitoare.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cetatea_Plutitoare.jpg\u0022\u003ERadu Muntean\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"D\u00e9va Castle","seolink":"deva-castle-cetatea-devei","georegion":"Ruszka Mountains, B\u00e1ns\u00e1g Mountains","description":"","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@#5|@after 1241|King B\u00e9la IV of Hungary built the castle after the Mongol invasion. It was owned by the king or the vajda of Transylvania later as well. According to the Romanians, there was a Dacian and a Roman fortress on the castle hill, but it was not proven by archaeologists.@1262|A war broke out between King B\u00e9la IV of Hungary and his son, Istv\u00e1n. They made an agreement in Pozsony at the end of the year, and divided the country between themselves. The eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, became the domain of Istv\u00e1n.@1264|King B\u00e9la IV launched an attack against Istv\u00e1n. The army of K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 and Gyula consisting of mainly Cumans was defeated by Cs\u00e1k P\u00e9ter, the follower of Istv\u00e1n, at D\u00e9va (\u201ecastrum Dewa\u201d). But Istv\u00e1n had to retreat to the castle of Feketehalom from the army of Judge Royal L\u0151rinc son of Kem\u00e9ny, where he was besieged.@early 1265|When the liberation army arrived, Istv\u00e1n broke out from Feketehalom Castle and defeated the besiegers. He launched a counter-attack and defeated the royal army led by b\u00e1n B\u00e9la of Macs\u00f3 and n\u00e1dor K\u0151szegi Nagy Henrik in the battle of Isaszeg.@1269|The castle was mentioned for the first time as Dewa. Some suggest that the name comes from the Slavic deva word meaning girl. This may be connected to the legend of the woman walled up in the castle. Legend has it, that the walls of the castle kept on crumbling during the construction, and the masons feared that they would not be paid. The 12 masons agreed that one of their wives, whoever showed up at the castle first, would be burned and her ashes would be mixed into the mortar. The victim was the wife of Kelemen, the castle was completed and the masons got paid. According to another theory, the name comes from an old Hungarian personal name of Turk origin, the original form of which was Gy\u0151 preserved in the Algy\u0151 settlement name.@from the end of the 13th century|The castle belonged to the domain of vajda K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 of Transylvania, who was one of the most powerful oligarchs of Hungary after the last king of the House of \u00c1rp\u00e1d died.@from 1302|D\u00e9va Castle was the seat of the vice vajda of Transylvania.@1307|The oligarch K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 captured Otto, Duke of Lower Bavaria, a pretender to the throne of Hungary, who came to Transylvania to get married. Duke Otto was crowned King of Hungary in 1305, but the coronation was invalid according to the traditions. He was held captive in D\u00e9va Castle for a couple of months until he was ransomed. But K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 kept the Holy Crown of Hungary, which he had taken from Otto.@1309|K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 delivered the Holy Crown of Hungary to Charles Robert (later King Charles I of Hungary), after Gentile, the papal legate threatened him with excommunication.@1316|K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 died. King Charles I appointed Mikl\u00f3s of the Pok clan vajda of Transylvania, which the sons of K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 refused to accept. The royal army defeated the army of the sons of K\u00e1n under D\u00e9va Castle and occupied the castle. D\u00e9va belonged to the vajda of Transylvania afterwards.@from 1442|Hunyadi J\u00e1nos and \u00dajlaki Mikl\u00f3s controlled D\u00e9va as vajdas of Transylvania.@around 1443-1444|King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 I of Hungary donated D\u00e9va to Hunyadi J\u00e1nos, but as the king fell in the battle of Varna in 1444, Hunyadi wasn\u2019t officially registered as its owner and D\u00e9va remained a royal casatle.@1453|King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V of Hungary donated D\u00e9va to Hunyadi J\u00e1nos.@#7|@1456|Hunyadi J\u00e1nos died from plague. His widow, Szil\u00e1gyi Erzs\u00e9bet, had to return D\u00e9va to the king along with other castles.@1457|King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V of Hungary died. The castle was acquired by Szil\u00e1gyi Mih\u00e1ly, who gave it to his nephew, Hunyadi M\u00e1ty\u00e1s (later King Matthias).@1490|King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II of Hungary donated D\u00e9va to B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Ecsed, who was Judge Royal and vajda of Transylvania. Later it was acquired by vajda Szapolyi J\u00e1nos of Transylvania.@1504|The castle was owned by the Hunyadi family until the death of Corvin J\u00e1nos.@#8|@after 1526|Vajda Per\u00e9nyi P\u00e9ter received D\u00e9va after the battle of Moh\u00e1cs.@1529|King John I of Hungary acquired the castle.@1539|King John I of Hungary gave D\u00e9va to his wife, Queen Isabella, as a wedding gift.@#9|@November 1550|T\u00f6r\u00f6k J\u00e1nos of Enying, isp\u00e1n of Hunyad County, defeated the outpost of the army of Pasha Kasim here. The damages caused by the Turks were later repaired.@1551|King Ferdinand I took control of D\u00e9va. The child John Sigismund's guardian, George Martinuzzi, with Castaldo's imperial army, forced Queen Isabella to surrender the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (including Transylvania) to King Ferdinand I. Isabella left for Poland with her child, the heir to the throne. The Turks then launched a punitive campaign against Hungary.@1552|The Turks captured the castles of Temesv\u00e1r, Solymos and Lippa during their campaign launched to take revenge for the surrender of Hungary to the Habsburgs. D\u00e9va became part of the frontier.@1553|King Ferdinand I of Hungry appointed Kendy Ferenc and Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n vajdas of Transylvania. Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n was gifted the castles of D\u00e9va and Szamos\u00fajv\u00e1r as a reward for having defended heroically Eger Castle against the Turkish army.@1556|The Estates of Transylvania, dissatisfied with Habsburg rule, recalled Queen Isabella to the throne, to which the Sultan gave his consent. On her return, she regained control of eastern Hungary.@1556|Queen Isabella returned to Hungary and took control of D\u00e9va. Dob\u00f3 Istv\u00e1n was removed from the office of vajda of Transylvania by the Estates of Transylvania. He was held captive for nearly 10 months in the castle of Szamos\u00fajv\u00e1r until he managed to escape.@#10|@November 15, 1579|The first Unitarian bishop of Transylvania, D\u00e1vid Ferenc, died in the prison of D\u00e9va Castle. John II, the son of King John I of Hungary and Queen Isabella, who also converted to the Unitarian faith in 1567, gave D\u00e1vid Ferenc the printing press in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. After the death of John II in 1571, the Catholic B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n became Prince of Transylvania, who took the printing press from the Unitarians and prohibited any further renewal of faith. In 1579, D\u00e1vid Ferenc was arrested for denying the divinity of Jesus and the country assembly gathered in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r sentenced him for life imprisonment.@around 1580|The castle was reinforced due to its military significance.@1581|Geszthy Ferenc arrived in Transylvania and became the counsellor of Prince B\u00e1thory Krist\u00f3f and the captain of D\u00e9va Castle. He expanded the castle and built a manor house at the foot of the castle hill. Geszthy Ferenc published the first Vlach language translation of the Old Testament at his own expense, which was based on the work of Heltai G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, the first Hungarian translation of the Bible.@#12|@1594|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to Geszthy Ferenc. Geszthy died in 1595 and established the first school in D\u00e9va in his will. His widow, Horv\u00e1th Anna, gave D\u00e9va Castle back to Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond in 1596. After that, the castle was held by the princes of Transylvania.@September 9, 1603|The imperial general Giorgio Basta wanted to execute the aristocrats of Transylvania in D\u00e9va.@#13|@#14|@1610|Prince B\u00e1thory G\u00e1bor of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to Bethlen G\u00e1bor.@1614|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to his wife, K\u00e1rolyi Zsuzsanna, who died in 1622.@1616|The importance of D\u00e9va as a frontier castle of Transylvania increased, after Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania handed over Lippa to the Turks, in exchange for helping him to power. In spite of this, the castle was never reinforced with the defences the military standards of that age would have demanded. The Turks never besieged the castle.@#15|@#16|@1621|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania converted the manor house built by Geszthy Ferenc to a Renaissance palace. It has been called Bethlen Palace as well ever since.@1622|The castle was acquired by Bethlen Istv\u00e1n, the nephew of Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor. In 1627, he married Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria, who was later called \u0022Venus of Mur\u00e1ny\u0022.@1632|Bethlen Istv\u00e1n died young. Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria lived in the manor house of D\u00e9va. In 1634, she married again to Kun Istv\u00e1n, isp\u00e1n of Szatm\u00e1r County, but she abandoned his violent husband soon and moved back to D\u00e9va. Kun Istv\u00e1n went after her with his soldiers, but Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria managed to flee from the manor house to the castle on the hill, which Kun Istv\u00e1n didn\u2019t dare to besiege.@1640|Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria sold D\u00e9va to Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I of Transylvania. The prince ordered the construction of the round bastion to protect the castle from the east.@#17|@#18|@I657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania donated D\u00e9va to Barcsay \u00c1kos.@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@1658|The Tartars ravaged and plundered throughout Transylvania and Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed captured Jen\u0151 Castle. The Estates of Transylvania sent Barcsay \u00c1kos to the camp of the grand vizier to beg for mercy. In return, the Grand Vizier demanded that the annual tax be raised from 15 to 40 thousand forints (gold coins) and that Lugos and Karansebes be ceded. This was the price for the Turks to leave Transylvania. The grand vizier appointed Barcsay prince on 14 September.@1659|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II returned to Transylvania and forced Barcsay \u00c1kos to retreat to Szeben and besieged him.@May 22, 1660|In the battle of S\u00e1szfenes, Pasha Shejdi Ahmed of Buda defeated R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, who lost his life. The Tatar armies invaded Transylvania for the second time.@November 1660|Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, the former commander of R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, defeated the army of G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, the brother of Prince Barcsay Andr\u00e1s, at \u00d6rm\u00e9nyes. Barcsay G\u00e1sp\u00e1r fell in the battle. Then, on 31 December, Barcsay \u00c1kos renounced the throne. D\u00e9va Castle was handed over to Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos by its German garrison. In 1661 Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos had Barcsay \u00c1kos captured and murdered.@1661|The army of Pasha Seydi Ahmed of Buda marched into Transylvania, after the country assembly held in Beszterce on 23 April declared the independence of Transylvania from the Ottoman Empire and placed the country under the protection of Emperor Leopold I. On 14 September, Pasha Ali forced the country assembly to elect Apafi Mih\u00e1ly Prince of Transylvania in Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely.@January 23, 1662|The deposed prince Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, having been abandoned by his imperial allies, was defeated by the Turks at Nagysz\u0151l\u0151s (near Segesv\u00e1r), where he fell.@1661-1690|The castle operated as a prison during the reign of Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I of Transylvania.@#23|@#25|@#26|@1701|Emperor Leopold I ordered the destruction of many Hungarian castles, but D\u00e9va was spared, because its German garrison was to keep the rebellious population of the neighbourhood at bay.@#27|@1704|The castle was captured by the kuruc insurgents.@1706|Cs\u00e1ky Andr\u00e1s took the castle back for the Emperor by three months of siege.@1717-1719|General Steinville, the military commander of Transylvania, repaired the damages of the castle, and reinforced and expanded it in Vauban-style.@1733|The castle was acquired by the Haller family.@1752|Count Maximilian Ulisse Broune renovated and reinforced the castle, but it already had little military value.@1773|The heir, Joseph II, visited the castle.@1784|A significant part of the nobility of Hunyad County retreated to D\u00e9va Castle from the Vlach peasant uprising of Horea. Some of the captured participants were executed in D\u00e9va. In 1784, Emperor Joseph II ordered an increase in the number of border guards. The Valch serfs in Transylvania were under the misapprehension that the conscription had been started, and began to gather en masse, as the military service was the only way for the Vlach migrants that overpopulated in the Transylvanian mountains to escape the misery. The leaders of the local administration, believing that they were being bypassed by the imperial court, tried to block the process. In addition, the Vlach Orthodox priests incited the Vlach population against the Hungarians, whom they hated, and fooled the Vlachs with the myth of their Daco-Roman origin. Horea spread the word that the emperor had appointed him as the leader of the Vlachs. The enraged Vlach peasants attacked the Hungarian and Saxon citizens and began a terrible ethnic cleansing, exterminating 133 mostly Hungarian settlements and murdering thousands of people. After the mob was crushed, two of their leaders, Horea and Clo\u0219ca, were executed by the wheel in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. The third leader, Cri\u015fan, cowardly committed suicide in the prison. There was no mass reprisal.@1800|The movables of the castle were purchased by Pog\u00e1ny Franciska for only 150 forints in an auction. She took everything from the castle,that could be moved. The stones of the castle were used for the constructions in the town.@1817|King Francis I of Hungary visited D\u00e9va and liked the castle and its neighbourhood. He ordered its restoration, which took 12 years and cost 216 thousand forints.@#28|@1848|An Austrian garrison stationed in the castle at the beginning of the Hungarian War of Independence.@May 27, 1849|The Austrian garrison of D\u00e9va Castle consisting of 200 soldiers surrendered to the Hungarians after four weeks of encirclement. The Hungarians let the Austrians retreat to Temesv\u00e1r. General Bem J\u00f3zsef set up an ammunition depot in the castle.@August 13, 1849|After the Hungarian army had to give up the siege of Temesv\u00e1r due to the Russian intervention, the munitions stored in D\u00e9va Castle exploded under unknown circumstances causing the death of more than one hundred Hungarian soldiers. Only the ruined walls on top of the castle hill can be seen of the once important and extensive fortification ever since.@#30|@#31|@#32|@#36|@2010|Extensive restorations started in the castle.&studhist.blog.hu: D\u00e9va v\u00e1ra \u00e9s a tizenk\u00e9t k\u0151mives|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2017\/11\/30\/deva_vara_es_a_tizenket_komives\nstudhist.blog.hu: D\u00e9va v\u00e1ra \u00e9s a Mur\u00e1nyi V\u00e9nusz|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2017\/12\/06\/deva_vara_es_a_muranyi_venusz"}],"palaces":[{"palaceId":156,"townId":71,"active":1,"name_LO":"Muzeul Civiliza\u021biei Dacice \u0219i Romane","settlement_HU":"D\u00e9va","settlement_LO":"Deva","address":"","listorder":4,"gps_lat":"45.8860500000","gps_long":"22.8984400000","oldcounty":35,"country":4,"division":20,"cond":1,"entrance":0,"func":1,"display":1,"homepage":"http:\/\/www.mcdr.ro\/","openinghours":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DevaFotoThalerTamas21.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022DevaFotoThalerTamas21\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f4\/DevaFotoThalerTamas21.jpg\/512px-DevaFotoThalerTamas21.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DevaFotoThalerTamas21.jpg\u0022\u003EThaler Tamas\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Bethlen Mansion; Magna Curia","seolink":"deva-bethlen-mansion-magna-curia","description":" The manor houses a Daco-Roman museum.","history":"1582|The manor house in D\u00e9va was mentioned for the first time. Geszti Ferenc, captain of D\u00e9va Castle, built a Renaissance mansion in the town under the castle.@1608|The manor was donated to Bethlen G\u00e1bor, isp\u00e1n of Hunyad County and later Prince of Transylvania. He started the reconstruction and expansion of the mansion in 1621.@from 1627|As a wife of Count Bethlen Istv\u00e1n, the 'Venus of Mur\u00e1ny' Sz\u00e9chy M\u00e1ria lived in the mansion for five years. Later she fled to this mansion from Szatm\u00e1r chased by her second husband Kun Istv\u00e1n. She later sold the mansion to Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I of Transylvania.@1743|Haller J\u00e1nos, governor of Transylvania, acquired the mansion and significantly enlarged it to its present form.@end of the 19th century|The town acquired the mansion. It was used as county hall as well for some time.@1882|The Historical and Archaeological Association of Hunyad County opened a museum in the mansion with an archaeological collection, which forms the core of the collection of the present museum.@from 1934|The county museum was located in the building.@1996-2006|The mansion was restored. As the Museum of the Dacian and Roman Civilization, it propagates the fairy tales of the Daco-Romanian continuity theory and the Romanian's Roman origin.&kastelyok.com: Bethlen-kast\u00e9ly|https:\/\/www.kastelyok.com\/adatlap.php?details=4042"}],"sights":[{"sightId":1805,"townId":71,"active":2,"name_LO":"M\u0103n\u0103stirea Franciscan\u0103","address":"Strada Progresului 6","mapdata":"1|1595|656","gps_lat":"45.8873889467","gps_long":"22.9065710499","religion":1,"oldtype":"9","newtype":"9","homepage":"http:\/\/szentferencalapitvany.org\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Dezidor, CC BY 3.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Deva,_kostel.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Deva, kostel\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7f\/Deva%2C_kostel.jpg\/256px-Deva%2C_kostel.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Deva,_kostel.jpg\u0022\u003EDezidor\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Franciscan Church and Monastery ","seolink":"franciscan-church-and-monastery","note":"","history":"Next to the railway station, in the district formerly known as Fox Town, is the imposing 17th-century Baroque Franciscan church and monastery. It is now the seat of the internationally renowned children's rescue centre, the St. Francis Foundation of D\u00e9va established by Father B\u00f6jte Csaba and the Roman Catholic Lyceum of D\u00e9va, with instruction in Hungarian."},{"sightId":1806,"townId":71,"active":2,"name_LO":"Biserica Reformat\u0103","address":"Strada Gheorghe Bari\u021biu","mapdata":"1|634|1763","gps_lat":"45.8808195730","gps_long":"22.8982391083","religion":2,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Reformatus-templom-Deva-1892","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=432","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Biserica_reformata_din_Deva_(1).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HD Biserica reformata din Deva (1)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/18\/RO_HD_Biserica_reformata_din_Deva_%281%29.jpg\/512px-RO_HD_Biserica_reformata_din_Deva_%281%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Biserica_reformata_din_Deva_(1).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Calvinist Church","seolink":"calvinist-church","note":"","history":"The medieval church must have been built in the 13th century, and at the end of the 14th century a Gothic sanctuary was built to replace the old one. Its thick bell tower had a tower clock from the mid-16th century. By 1898, it was in such a state that it was no longer worth restoring. In 1899, the nave and tower were demolished, and eight years later the Gothic sanctuary was also demolished due to its poor condition. The construction of the new neo-Romanesque church began in 1908, based on plans by Dobovszky J\u00f3zsef. The construction was hindered by a number of problems, including the arrest of the contractor, L\u00e1bas Gyula, in 1909 for fraud. Construction was completed in 1910 and the church was consecrated on 23 October 1910.@\nIn the south-western part of the old town centre, on the site of the 16th-century Reformed castle church, is the large Reformed church with one main tower and two side towers, built in 1908 in Art Nouveau style (Pia\u021ba Episcopul Tordai S\u00e1ndor Andr\u00e1s, Bishop Tordai S\u00e1ndor Andr\u00e1s Square). 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The Jewish community was founded in 1851."},{"sightId":1809,"townId":71,"active":1,"name_LO":"Parohia Reformat\u0103","address":"Strada Lucian Blaga 2","mapdata":"1|694|1656","gps_lat":"45.8814376716","gps_long":"22.8987574811","religion":2,"oldtype":"4","newtype":"4","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_(13).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HD Deva Piata Unirii (13)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0f\/RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_%2813%29.jpg\/512px-RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_%2813%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_(13).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Calvinist parish","seolink":"calvinist-parish","note":"","history":"The house was built in the 19th century. The inscription on the facade is bilingual (Romanian, Hungarian). In 1892, a marble plaque commemorating Salamon Ferenc, historian and professor at the University of Budapest, was placed on the imposing and carefully restored corner building. 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In front of it is an atmospheric fountain cast in bronze and decorated with frogs."},{"sightId":1812,"townId":71,"active":2,"name_LO":"Teatrul de Art\u0103","address":"Bulevardul 1 Decembrie 1918 nr.15","mapdata":"1|884|1456","gps_lat":"45.8826714925","gps_long":"22.9004607073","religion":0,"oldtype":"91","newtype":"91","homepage":"https:\/\/teatruldeartadeva.ro\/deva\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Varosi-szinhaz-Deva-1746","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Teatrul_de_Arta_Deva_(1).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HD Teatrul de Arta Deva (1)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/cc\/RO_HD_Teatrul_de_Arta_Deva_%281%29.jpg\/512px-RO_HD_Teatrul_de_Arta_Deva_%281%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Teatrul_de_Arta_Deva_(1).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Theatre","seolink":"theatre","note":"","history":"Built in the old centre, the theatre was designed by Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezs\u0151 in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style and completed in 1910-11. The restoration of the interior and exterior of the building was completed in 2011."},{"sightId":1813,"townId":71,"active":2,"name_LO":"Casina","address":"Pia\u021ba Unirii","mapdata":"1|781|1701","gps_lat":"45.8812043463","gps_long":"22.8995278829","religion":0,"oldtype":"93","newtype":"81","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Casina_Romana_(15).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HD Deva Casina Romana (15)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a7\/RO_HD_Deva_Casina_Romana_%2815%29.jpg\/512px-RO_HD_Deva_Casina_Romana_%2815%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Casina_Romana_(15).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Former Hungarian National Casino","seolink":"former-hungarian-national-casino","note":"","history":"The social and cultural association was founded in 1842. In 1847, a one-storey building was built on the market square, which had been bought from the Reformed Church. It took its present form in 1894 with the addition of the first floor. On the ground floor there was a caf\u00e9 and restaurant, while the large upstairs hall was used for theatre performances, balls, concerts, lectures, and there was also a library and a games room."},{"sightId":1814,"townId":71,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Strada Gheorghe Bari\u021biu, Strada Mihai Eminescu,","mapdata":"1|773|1788","gps_lat":"45.8806793649","gps_long":"22.8993584257","religion":0,"oldtype":"74,11,71,75","newtype":"15","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Parva_Curia_(9).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HD Deva Parva Curia (9)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e5\/RO_HD_Deva_Parva_Curia_%289%29.jpg\/512px-RO_HD_Deva_Parva_Curia_%289%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Parva_Curia_(9).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Parva Curia","seolink":"parva-curia","note":"","history":"When the military role of D\u00e9va Castle ceased in 1800, the new owner, Pog\u00e1ny Franciska, auctioned off the castle's movables; tradition has it that she used the money to build Parva Curia, where she established a school. 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He served in D\u00e9va from 1564 and was elected Reformed Bishop of Transylvania. He died in D\u00e9va in 1579 and was buried in the church there."},{"sightId":1825,"townId":71,"active":1,"name_LO":"Statuia lui Traian","address":"Pia\u021ba Unirii","mapdata":"1|907|1617","gps_lat":"45.8816952446","gps_long":"22.9006119774","religion":0,"oldtype":"38","newtype":"38","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_(5).jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HD Deva Piata Unirii (5)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d3\/RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_%285%29.jpg\/512px-RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_%285%29.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HD_Deva_Piata_Unirii_(5).jpg\u0022\u003E\u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Statue of Emperor Trajan","seolink":"statue-of-emperor-trajan","note":"","history":"Erected after 1989. The Romanians themselves cannot decide whether they are the descendants of the conquered Dacians or of the conquering Romans, so they have erected statues to both Decebal and Emperor Trajan in D\u00e9va, just to be sure. Nothing of the Dacian language and culture has survived after little more than a century and a half of Roman rule. The Romanians claim that some of their words are derived from the Dacians, but in fact they are of unknown origin, as nothing of the Dacian language has survived. The province of Dacia, founded by the Romans, also ceased to exist around 270 AD, when the Romans moved its population, largely made up of the military and settlers who had arrived after their conquest, south of the Danube to Moesia to escape the invasion of Germanic tribes. There is no archeological or documental proof of their continued existance in present day Transylvania afterwards."},{"sightId":1826,"townId":71,"active":1,"name_LO":"Statuia lui Decebal","address":"Pia\u021ba Victoriei","mapdata":"1|1134|2158","gps_lat":"45.8784676532","gps_long":"22.9025417375","religion":0,"oldtype":"38","newtype":"38","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue_of_Decebal_-_Deva_00.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Statue of Decebal - Deva 00\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Statue_of_Decebal_-_Deva_00.jpg\/256px-Statue_of_Decebal_-_Deva_00.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue_of_Decebal_-_Deva_00.jpg\u0022\u003ESaturnian\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Statue of Decebal","seolink":"statue-of-decebal","note":"","history":"The Romanians themselves can't decide whether they are the descendants of the conquered Dacians or the conquering Romans, so they have erected statues to both Decebal and Emperor Trajan in D\u00e9va, just to be sure. 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