4 years of work and a great team?
Dating from the 15th century, the Apafi mansion, former hunting residence of the Hungarian princely Apafi family, is located in the village of Mălâncrav, Sibiu County. For almost a century, the building was abandoned, reaching the brink of collapse. The Mihai Eminescu Trust Foundation acquired the mansion in 2000, from the Evangelical Church, starting its renovation and reconstruction in 2003. The project lasted four years and involved a team of exceptional specialists and craftsmen, locals and foreigners. Architect Jan Hülsemann, together with craftsmen Fritz Klutsch and Ernst Linzing, restored the mansion according to the original 18th-century plan. The inauguration of the Apafi Mansion took place on October 1, 2007. The mansion currently comprises 5 rooms (4 double rooms and a single room), a living room, a library (inspired by the 17th century library of Count Teleki from Târgu Mureș, in the library in the mansion there are books in five foreign languages) and a kitchen, designed to facilitate the use of the mansion as a guest house. Traditional decorations, books and furniture were donated by benefactors and the local community. The mansion is surrounded by elegantly landscaped gardens, which preserve the original atmosphere and appearance of the place. The mansion is open for guided tours and accommodation, with traditional meals provided by the villagers. The mansion frequently hosts cultural and social events such as: seminars, conferences, concerts and traditional local festivities. The reconstruction of the Apafi Mansion in Mălâncrav received the second prize at the Green Apple Awards, in 2009, but also the Europa Nostra award for the rehabilitation of the architectural cultural heritage
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