Romania · 13th century
The Ruins of Lónyai castle in Medieșu Aurit, Satu Mare (in Hungarian: Aranyosmeggyes vára, or Lónyai castle, in Romanian: castelul Lónyai) is a complex of castle ruins, a monument istoric of national interest, situated in Medieșu Aurit, in Satu Mare County, Romania.
The castle, built in the 13th century, was an important centre in the history of Transylvania.
It is included in the List of monumente istorice of Romania under the identifier LMI SM-II-a-A-05332. Its RAN code in the National Archaeological Repertory is 138093.04.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Medieșu Aurit” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ruins of Lónyai castle in Medieșu Aurit, Satu Mare ranks #7,623 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #76 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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