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House of Csiki Márton, Bornemissza House

House of Csiki Márton, Bornemissza House
RO Targu Mures str Targului nr 1 (8)
Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
house
Current function:
house
Settlement:
Marosvásárhely, Târgu Mureș
Address:
Sáros utca 1
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5459066536, 24.5650058392
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History

The ground floor of the house of the Armenian merchant Csiki Márton (c.1750 - 1828) was completed in 1803, the upper floor around 1811. The merchant's father, also Csíki Márton, came to Marosvásárhely from Erzsébetváros in the 1750s. His son was already one of the wealthiest citizens of the town. In 1862, his sons Márton and Gergely were the largest private landowners in the town. At the beginning of the 20th century, the building was bought by the Swiss-born engineer Pontet Sándor. After the Second World War, it was used as a shoe factory until the early 21st century, and the interior was significantly modified.

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