Nagyalmás, egy Kolozs vármegyei birtokközpont (1541–1600)
Almașu, an Administrative Centre in Cluj County (1541–1600)

Summary/Abstract: Based on the documents preserved in various archives, this study offers a presentation of Almașu market town (Cluj county) and its administrative role in the estate bearing the same name. Although it was not situated by the main roads, neither did it have the function of county seat, nor a significant commercial role, Almașu market town stood out as an administrative centre of a large estate and as a settlement located in the vicinity of a military defense fortification. According to the documents, in the second half of the 16th century the estate managed from Almașu market town and the fortification (castrum) and owned by 3-4 powerful Transylvanian families consisted of 70 villages and two market towns.

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