'TRANSYLVANIA - 2002'
Klara Amon and Gabor Zsoldos
In 2002 we organized a family tour to Transylvania. Find attached our
best PHOTOS.
My brothers', my cousin with his wife, another cousin with her husband, an aunt
and
our family; altogether 13 persons formed our traveling team.
Our goal was to
visit Transylvania, where about 2 million Hungarians live, as minority.
Regarding history, Transylvania belonged to Hungary until the Treaty of Trinaon
(1920).
Our destination
was Gheorgeni (Gyergyószentmiklós), a town in the Hungarian-lived part.
We made excursions in the surrounding area. This was our ROUTE.
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Bányffyhunyad (Huedin). We have seen several 'pagoda-style palaces' which might never be completed. |
Kolozsvár (Cluj). (ruled in the 15th century) |
Kolozsvár (Cluj). Szt. Mihály church. |
The big square of the Orthodox church was flagged decorated with Romanian flags. |
| Our pension in Gyergyószentmiklós (Gheorgeni). |
Our host Tivadar. |
Our hostess Zita, and her youngest son Aron. |
A beautiful and typical Székely-gate. |
| The entrace of the Salt Mine in Parajd (Praid). |
There are large halls in the salt mine. |
The air of the salt mine
is used for curing asthmatic diseases. |
Our three car. |
| A nice little lamb, and several big ones. |
Monument of Orbán
Balázs in Szejkefürdő. |
Each Székely-gate was donated by a person or group. |
Two wooden headboards (which are widely used symbols) are decorating the tomb of Orbán Balázs. |
| Still snow in the mountains. |
Our traveling 'team'. |
Killer Lake / Gyilkos-tó
/Lacul Rosu |
You can still see in the water the tips of the pine trees flooded more than a hundred years ago, which did not decay, because the content of the water of the Killer Lake is so high in iron oxide and calcium carbonate that it preserved them. |
| Békás-szoros
/ Frog Pass The most spectacular place in the East Carpathians. |
It is a 5 km long pass, with deep serpentine roads, cute brooks and waterfalls running around, with high rocks of 300 m on both side. |
One
of the most beautiful cliff-walls is Oltárkő (1200 m) |
Borszék is a village with medicinal baths. It is famous of its special mineral water (borviz) with sour taste. |
| Unfortunately Borszék today is totally abandoned. |
There are many hotels, guest houses, restaurants, but all of them closed, being totally run down. |
On Easter Sunday we joined the Szekelys to celebrate. The tradition is to climb up a to a peak in dark down, and light a big fire. |
The ceremony
(early mass) took place in the left church, in touching atmosphere.. |
| 103 Szekelys came together to celebrate. |
It was sunshine when we walked back to the town. |
Our pension, and our kind host Tivadar (in the middle) |
Törcsvár (Bran) Castle was built in 1377. |
| The Castle is famous about Count Dracula, whose original name was Vlad Tepes. |
The Castle has beautiful carved furniture. |
These carvings are amazing! |
Count Dracula lived here and probably had some "Devilish" habits such as drinking human blood. But al least he was well-known of his cruelty. |
| Each corner of the castle was a subject of taking photos. |
The castle has curvy stairs, corridors, small rooms, and a courtyard ... very romantic site. |
Just click on this to read more about the history of this romantic castle. |
Orthodox Church in Tusnádfürdő / Baile Tusnad |
| Mádéfalva. Monument of Szekely martyrs, raised in 1899. |
In 1764 in this village 200 Szekely men were killed here. All of them were fighting for their freedom. |
Dinner in the pension. |
Easter tradition. Village portals were decorated with color ribbons on Easter Monday. |
| Sowata. The world-famous Lake Bear (Medve-tó) is a warm water salt lake. Its area of is 433,000 sq. feet (40,235 m2), its greatest depth is 57.5 feet (17.5 m). The temperature of the lake is about 122—131oF (50—55oC). | Bathing in the lake has therapeutic effects, healing various diseases, so many tourists visit the lake in the summer. Salt formats can be found around the lake. |
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