Santa Maria Orlea
3
km from Hateg on the road to Petrosan you will past an old and
small villages.
The first building of historic interest which the end-users must
focus on is the very Kendeffy mansion in Râu de Mori. According
to historical information, it was first built of stone in the
second half of the l5th century. At that time, that was the foremost
family of gentry about those places, standing out through their
fortune and social ambitions. As from the l6th century, they
were known only as the Kendeffys.The building in the South-Western
corner of the complex served as the Calvinist chapel of the family
and their servants.
On the South-Eastern side, not too far away, there is the vicarage
in Râu de Mori.Mentioned in documents in 1526, it has undergone
several changes, thus losing its initial look. Close to its entrance,
on the left hand side, flat on the ground, there is one of the
most interesting tombstones in Hateg, with inscriptions on reused
Roman marble, going back to 1505 and brought there from Colti
Monastery.