Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Ecsed. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)

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maintained the privileges of the town. The first inventory of the castle was made in 1647, and registered all the equipment and the military accessories of the internal and external fortress. After István Bethlen died in 1648, Ecsed became the property of prince György Rákóczi I, then it was inherited by his successor György Rákóczi II (1621-1660). After the prince died, the domain was administered by his wife, Zsófia Báthori, who initiated a forced return to the Catholicism. She had banished the Calvinist officials, closed schools and brought Catholic colonists. She did not maintained the privileges of the market town. The faith of Ecsed went worse after the revealing of the Wesselényi conspiracy, in 1669, when the castle was occupied by the imperial garrison. At the occupation, the most detailed inventory of the castle was held. According to this document, the inside fortress was a rectangular building with two towers in the northern corner. Rooms, both on the ground floor and on the upper level were vaulted with stone, while the roof was tiled. The landlord used only an apartment of nine rooms with its annexes. The connection between the outside and inside fortress was made through three gates, before the outer gate being a drawbridge. There were 82 rooms all over the castle, and the weaponry comprised among others 53 canons, 59 shotguns and 18 rifles of stucz type.

Monumentul revoluţiei lui Rákóczi A Rákóczi-szabadságharc emlékműve Monument of the Rákóczi revolution

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