The castle from Macea

The castle from Macea Located deep in the heart of the commune of Macea (Arad County, Romania), Macea Castle (also known as “Cernovici Castle” or “Csernovics Castle”) is one of the most important architectural sights of it’s parent country. Having belonged to two notable noble families, Csernovics and Károlyi, it was built between 1862 and 1886. Built in a Secession style, the edifice exhibits quite a few standards upon its surface. These would include Byzantine, Gothic, late Baroque and even modern elements. Architecture-buffs should definitely take notes when it comes to old buildings for this one is an absolute magnum opus.he botanical garden today belongs to the West University in Arad but started as a park developed by Tibor Karolyi around the castle his father had bought from its initial owner, Petru Csernovics. He hired gardener Josif Prohaska to manage the landscaping works and a pool, a fountain, a tennis court, rows of flowers and new alleys and many new species of plants and trees were added to the park between 1900 and 1902. In 1935 the castle changes owners again, and approximately 10 hectares of woods are being cut from the site. After undergoing a period of unfortunate transformations between 1935 and 1968, the park receives the statute of ‘dendrologic site’ and under the supervision of professor Pavel Covaci the network of alleys is being rebuilt, new species are introduced and a greenhouse is set up. If in 1968, around 60 ligneous species were growing in the park, over 2,000 species of plants and trees can be found today as part of the garden. Some of the species to be found here are the Maidenhair tree, the red cedar, the European ash or the Pagoda tree.