Rhedey Palace Cluj-Napoca

Rhedey Palace or the “house with chains” is located at the corner of Piata Unirii (Union Square) with Napoca Street. In this location were the houses of many important aristocrats of the city from the 16th century. The wife of the aristocrat Szekely Laszlo rebuilds one of the buildings, its coat of arms sculpted in stone being preserved in the yard of the real estate. In the 18th century, this house becomes the property of Rhedey family, together with several buildings from Napoca Street, uniting them under one facade. In 1792, the first permanent Hungarian theatre founded in Cluj-Napoca was opened in the ballroom of the palace.