Fable of Zăbala

In the early nineties of the last century, there was a demonstration with candles across the streets of Zăbala. This wasn’t anything unique at that time, such demonstrations having become a diginfied means of standing up for education in the mother tongue, and for the rights of Hungarians. Television companies created suggestive footage, yet, more effectiveness, unfortunately, could hardly be attributed to this form of community protest. 

However, people were marching for a completely different reason at Zăbala: they intended to stand up against the army, which supposedly wanted to take over the ancestral “nest” of the Mikes, one of the families with a centuries-old history in Transylvania. The heirs were only at the beginning of their reclaim battles, it was a time of fishing in turbid waters, and the eviction of a public institution based there was by no means a simple matter. There’s no way to tell whether it was due to the demonstration or not – let’s hope it had an effect –, but the renationalization didn’t take place, thus, the inhabitants of Zăbala can be proud of one of the most attractive estates in the country adapted for tourists: the Mikes castle. 

Today, a magnificent park, romantic promenades, and refreshing water surfaces “thank” the community for its commitment, and the heirs for their restoration efforts.  It is an environment which can be considered exclusive not only because of the noble origins of its owners and rebuilders, but also because of the tranquility, the opennes of the closed, but still huge spaces, the luxury enriched with historical features, and the exceptional cuisine. As only a little girl who wrote in the great guestbook could formulate it: I live in a castle. 
And we live in its vicinity, which feels remarkably good.  

Samu Csinta

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