Museums and memorial houses of Coltău

Petofi Sandor Museum

Address: Nr. 43
Phone: +40 723 360 877

Teleki mansion was built between 1740-1760 by Count Teleki Sandor and is mostly faimous because of Petofi Sandor (1823-1849), one of the most important hungarian poets and 1848 revolutionaries. He spent his honeymoon here between 8 September 1847 and 20 October 1847, period when he wrote his most beautiful love poems. Besides Petofi Sandor, the renowned composer Franz Liszt was another personality that stayed in the masion. Visitors can find here a collection of manuscripts, XIX century furniture and personal objects that belonged to Count Teleki and the Petofi Sandor memorial room.