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Birthplace of Stephen Bocskay

Birthplace of Stephen Bocskay, Historic monument in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The Birthplace of Stephen Bocskay stands on Matei Corvin Street and displays a rectangular stone structure with characteristic medieval Transylvanian architectural features. The basement reveals masonry and foundations from different building phases, showing various construction methods used over time.

The building began as two Gothic houses built after the new town wall was completed in 1517. One belonged to printer Gáspár Heltai, whose first Cluj printing press is traditionally placed here. In the late 18th century Count József Teleki had the present house built on the site of the two medieval houses, and in 1843 Count Gábor Bethlen added a floor. Stephen Bocskay was born here on 1 January 1557.

The house marks the birthplace of a major Transylvanian figure and reflects the importance of such residences as centers of local influence during medieval times. The surviving stone elements in the basement show how buildings of this type were constructed and used.

The house stands at Matei Corvin Street no. 4, opposite the birthplace of Matthias Corvinus, and is listed as monument CJ-II-m-B-07392. Since 2003 it has housed the rector's office of Sapientia University, so the interior is not open as a museum; the commemorative plaques at the gate and on the northern facade can be seen from the street.

The 2001 restoration revealed that the building began as two Gothic houses, both dated after the completion of the new town wall in 1517. A coat-of-arms plaque was set into the gateway on 25 October 1606, shortly before Bocskay's death, with a poem by Bocatius beside it.

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Str. Matei Corvin 4, municipiul Cluj-Napoca
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