Sturdza Castle 🏰 4K - Iasi Romania - You should visit. 👸

Back in 1869, something crazy happened! George Sturdza tied the knot with Maria, the daughter of writer Ion Ghica, and they all moved into this fancy Manor. Now, Maria, being a bit younger than George, wasn't too thrilled about her new digs. So, what did George do? He got all ambitious and decided to give the Manor a serious makeover!

But here's the kicker: To fund his grand plans, George went all lumberjack and sold off a bunch of forests from the Estate. And just to top it off, he even took out a whopping 100,000 Lei loan from the Romanian Land Credit Society. That's some serious dough! And get this—George was so confident that he could pay back the loan, he put the Miclăuşeni Estate on the line as collateral. Yep, he bet the whole shebang, agreeing to cough up the moolah in shiny gold coins.

Talk about a wild ride in the pursuit of remodeling dreams!