Ugron mansion

Where the Homorodul Mare creek smoothly flows and the Ghipeş and Locodeni creeks converge, there is Mărtiniş. The village is fist mentioned in a charter from 1333 as “Sancto Martino”.

The Reformed church was built in 1804, on a land that the Bíró and Ugron families had donated, close to the Bíró Manor, the largest castle-manor in the Homorod valley and a protected monument. Under the manor, built in stone, brick and lime, there is a small vaulted basement. The building consists of several rooms, including a large dining room.

The Ugrons, who had Reformed beliefs and were from the village of de Obrăneşti married into the Bíró family from Mărtiniş in the 18^th century. Bíró Mária was married to the former captain (1745) of Udvarhelyszék, Ugron Ferenc. Their son, Ugron Pál (who died in 1813), and his wife, Siménfalvi Krisztina, built the manor, that is now, because of the unclear situation regarding the ownership rights and lack of maintenance, in a state of final decay. The manor is on the List of historical monuments in Romania, but nevertheless the state of the building doesn’t improve. The former landlord, Ugron Pál, mentioned above, has played a significant part in the village life of Mărtiniş. Among others, it was upon his request and initiative that Francisc I of Austria approved the fairs organized three times a year (24^th of February, 16^th of May and 29^th of August). As a result, Mărtiniş became the famous “national fair spot” in the valleys of the two Homorod creeks. These fares are still organized nowadays, four times a year: 11^th of February, 13^th of April, 1^st of September, and 19^th of November.

Even in a state of deterioration, the building looks imposing, while reflecting the typical architecture in the Homorod valley.