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These images focus on cities, towns and buildings of Transylvania.
Transylvania has been the integral part of the historic Hungary
between 1000-1921, and is the home of the Hungarian culture in the
Carpathian Basin. At the end of World War I, as part of the Paris
Peace Treaty (Trianon) 1920, the Allies annexed Transylvania from
Hungary to Rumania, however, the region remains a treasury of the
one-thousand-year old Hungarian culture and people in the
Carpathian Basin.


ablkep1.gif:   This pictures show the stained glass windows
ablkep2.gif    of the Palace of Culture in Marosvasarhely,
ablkep3.gif    Transylvania (Tirgu Mures, Rumania today).
ablkep4.gif    They show scenes from Hungarian cultural
ablkep5.gif    legends.
ablkep6.gif


arad.gif:      City of Arad, Transylvania (Rumania today)
erdfk1.gif:    Coat of arms of Transylvania
erdfk2.gif:    Coat of arms of Transylvania
mtykirlo.gif:  Equestrian sculpture of Matthias, the Hungarian
               renaissance king, 1458-1490. The sculpture is on the
               main square of Kolozsvar, Transylvania (Cluj Napoca,
               Rumania today). Matthias was born in Kolozsvar, at
               a 5-minute walk from this monument.

mvhely1.gif:   These pictures show Marosvasarhely, Transylvania,
mvhely2.gif:   (Tirgu Mures, Rumania today). Marosvasarhely is the
mvhely3.gif:   cultural centre of the Hungarian people and culture
               in Transylvania. Scene of the anti-Hungarian pogrom
               in 1990.

segesv1.gif:   These pictures shown the beautiful town of Segesvar,
segesv2.gif:   Transylvania (Sighisoara, Rumania today) which
               has an unmatched atmosphere of the Mediaval Ages.
               The major ethnic population here were the Saxons who
               were settled in Transylvania by the Hungarian kings.
               At the battle field, outside of Segesvar, fell
               Sandor Petofi, the great Hungarian patriotic poet,
               during the Hungarian Liberation Fight in 1849.

sovata1.gif:   These picture show the spa village of Szovata. The
sovata2.gif:   village has five smaller lakes with such a high salt
               content that one simply cannot submerge underwater.

szekhimp.gif:  This is the verse and note of the National Anthem of
               the "Szekelys", a Hungarian ethnic group, the
               original inhabitants of  Transylvania. In 1918, when
               Rumania occupied Transylvania, 200,000 Hungarians
               fled to Hungary, among them was 50,000 szekelys.
               Their cares, despairs, hope for a miracle is chanted
               in this slow moving, sad, very touching melody.
               Strating with a question "Who knows where destiny is
               leading ?", it is in fact, a prayer to God to save
               their land, Transylvania.

szudhly1.gif:  These pictures show the Szekelyudvarhely,
szudhly2.gif:  Transylvania (Odorheiu Secuiesc, Rumania today). It
               is one of the centres of the "Szekelys", a Hungarian
               ethnic group, the original inhabitants of
               Transylvania.


     Dr. Andras Szeitz
     University of British Columbia
     szeitz@unixg.ubc.ca