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The former world of

Chief Zank is revealed

Let us follow in the footsteps of the people of Kiskunság!

If you would like to see how the simple people lived dur- era dirt house, a 19th century farmstead and farmyard,
ing the Árpád era and how the country was rebuilt aft er storage buildings, and a Cuman Mound.
the devastation caused by the Tatar invasion, you should Within the memorial site, the exhibition presents many

definitely visit the Kiskun Memorial Site in Szank. models of the finds or even the finds themselves, show-
The Kumans, who sett led after the Tatar invasion, assi- ing glimpses of the historical background. In the cin-

milated into Hungarian society over the course of many ema hall, a short fi lm serves as an introduction, and in
centuries, preserving many of their cultural, sacred, and the dome hall, interactive devices help to gain deeper

gastronomic legacies. The visitor’s centre, in the former knowledge. In August each year, history comes alive at

settlement of Chief Zank, commemorates these people. the Kiskun Gathering held here.
The Kiskun Memorial Site takes visitors back to past After visiting the memorial site, it is also worth visiting

centuries. The thematic routes show us the constantly Szank, where we can taste the local cognac cherry or visit

changing living space of the merging Kumans with his- the 1956 Pride Point Monument.
torical fidelity. We can also see here: yurts, Árpád-era and www.kiskunemlekhely.hu

late medieval graves, church ruins, the reconstruction of www.szank.hu
an excavated double stone ditch and pile moat, an Árpád-
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