The tower from Cheresig, located on Romania’s western border with Hungary, near the town of the same name in Toboliu Commune (Bihor County), is a reminiscence of a medieval fortress built in the Romanesque style. Much of its history is shrouded in mystery, the citadel of which it was a component being first attested in 1289, but the construction is certainly much older. This first historical source mentions the fortress as being in the possession of Beke from the Borșa family, mentioning the battle that took place here between him and King Ladislau the Cuman. In 1317, the fortress is mentioned as being the property of King Carol Robert of Anjou, so that towards the end of the 14th century it was in the possession of the Losonczi and Csáky families, before it came into the possession of the Romanian state at the end of the First World War.

The keep, the last part of the fortress that remains standing today, has a hexagonal plan and was originally arranged on four or five levels, having a defensive role. Its use is also evidenced by the bump in the ground on which it is located, around which there was (most likely) in the past a ditch or defensive wall.