Map of The Balta Castle: The Baltă Castle

The first dates regarinding to Cetatea de Baltă beginning with 1177 we may find in the papal register where it's called "villa Cuculiensis castri". The towers of the reformed church were built in 1060 what had survived the Tartar invasion of 1241 marked by a large scale painted tartar head in it made at the ending of the XIII.th century. While after a document from 1214, on this place King Istvan I. built from quarter-timber and earthwork a fortification which was demolished during the same invasion. In the XIVth century there is another mentioning of a fortification, now the castle Bethlen is the pride of the village.
The Baltă Castle, sights

Cetatea de Balta, Bethlen-Haller castle, Photo: Haba Tünde

Cetatea de Balta, Photo: Táncos Levente

The Balta Castle , Photo: Haba Tünde

The tartar head, Photo: Bethlen Gábor

The church tower, Photo: Bethlen Gábor

The Balta Castle , Photo: Haba Tünde

Cetatea de Balta, Bethlen-Haller castle, Photo: Haba Tünde

The Balta Castle , Photo: Haba Tünde

The Balta Castle , Photo: Haba Tünde

Cetatea de Balta, Photo: Bardócz Csaba

The Balta Castle , Photo: Felszegi Elemér

The reformed church, Photo: Bardócz Csaba

Cetatea de Balta, Photo: Bardócz Csaba

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