House of Teleki Domokos - Târgu Mureș

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The palace located at the foothill of the Citadel was built between 1797 and 1803 in classical Baroque style. Its inner courtyard is bordered by a colonnade with carved Ionic stone columns. The Latin inscription on the decorated gable above the main cornice describes the construction of the building:
“This building, not overly boastful, was erected with great care and great expense by Count Domokos Teleki of Sic, Lord Lieutenant of Turda County, and his wife, Zsuzsanna Kendefy of Malomvíz. Not from money obtained through betrayal of the homeland or the plundering of servants, nor from coins taken from the needy or from the embezzlement of funds intended as gifts for the poor, nor from debts that would burden the family. Be assured that these stones preserve this truth. Lajos Teleki, that very gentle man once called ‘Nathan,’ together with Elek Kendefy, the president of the town council and his immaculate councilor, protected the builders of this house, taking into account the piety of the parents and the fact that they involved their children in the work, assisting them effectively. In the Year of our Lord 1803.”

Like all high-ranking aristocratic residences, the house hosted musical evenings and performances. At one such event, Farkas Bolyai was present together with his son, János, who, being the youngest member of the orchestra, performed a symphony by Haydn. In 1849, the house served as General Bem’s headquarters, a fact recorded on a Hungarian memorial plaque:

“In this house spent the night the great fighter for universal freedom, General JÓZEF BEM, who on the morning of July 30, 1849, together with SÁNDOR PETŐFI, departed from here toward the battlefield of Albești. May their memory be blessed in the hearts of all lovers of freedom. Erected on March 15, 1990 by the youth of Târgu Mureș.”

The renowned tavern called “Nagy-pipa” (The Big Pipe) once operated in this building, and later, starting in the 1930s, the workshop of tinsmith Sándor Fülöp, where the metal elements of the Citadel Church tower were created during restoration works. In 1935 the property was purchased by the Reformed Church, and today it houses the Reformed Parish of the Citadel, the office of the Mureș Plain Reformed Diocese, and the church archive. Also in 1990, the Higher School for Teachers and Cantors and the re-established Reformed College were founded here, receiving space in the former, later expanded boarding building of the Bolyai High School. From the wrought-iron balcony located on the central axis of the upper floor, General Bem greeted on July 30, 1849 the troops departing toward Cristuru Secuiesc – Sighișoara.

Address: 3 Bernády György Square
Source: Árpád Balás. Târgu Mureş personalized. Târgu Mureş: Mentor (2024).

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