The city includes the most important Gothic-style secular building in Transylvania: the Hunyad Castle, which is closely connected with the Hunyadi family. The castle was destroyed by fire five times, but underwent many reconstructions from Austro-Hungarian and later Romanian authorities. The Castle is known both by the name Corvin's Castle and "Hunyadi Castle". "Hunyadi" is an beautiful place, more internationally recognized name for the same family, "Corvins" being used mostly by Romanians.
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