Sturdza Castle

Sturdza Castle is situated in the town of Miclăușeni. By the late 1600s, the estate had passed into the hands of the Sturdza family, and in 1752, Ion Sturdza commissioned the construction of the original mansion.

In 1880, Ion’s son, George Sturdza, alongside his wife Maria, initiated a new architectural project on the same site. The result was a late neo-Gothic castle, designed by architects S. Reinecke and I. Griberg, which reached completion in 1904.

In 1944, their daughter, Ecaterina Șerban Cantacuzino, transformed the castle into a nunnery. Three years later, in 1947, both the castle and its surrounding dendrological park were formally donated to the Romanian Diocese.

Now part of the Miclăușeni Monastery, the castle falls under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitanate of Moldavia and Bucovina, within the Archdiocese of Iași, who undertook a comprehensive restoration of this culturally and historically significant landmark.

A detailed programme was established to assess the necessary restoration works, including a study of moisture ingress in the walls. Measurements revealed extensive structural damage, with visible deterioration rising between 0.80 m and 2.40 m, particularly at junctions of retaining walls, affecting even the original mural paintings.

Freezteq was chosen as the ideal remedy for the rising damp, with its gradual, non-pressurised application method is perfectly suited to heritage structures.

Specialist drill bits were used to bore holes up to a depth of 1,350 mm, in preparation for the installation of the Freezteq Original sticks. Treating the historic castle required approximately 27,000 Freezteq rods in total.