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Countryside rich in values

Hungaricums and values

Békés County boasts two Hungaricums. It is worth tast- In addition to the two Hungaricums, countless local and
ing the sausage of Gyula, which, along with its “creator” county values wait to be explored, not just by the local
András Stéberl, butcher, was awarded a Gold Medal at the community, but also by the whole country to become
World Exhibition in Brussels in 1935. Today, a museum Hungaricums in the future. Of the 75 towns and villages of
preserves the traditional tools of sausage production from the county, 58 have a local repository of values, and almost
the 1860’s. 1,500 local values have been registered so far, and there are
Another Hungaricum, the sausage of Csaba, is also made 75 values in the county’s repository of values. We are sur-
in the “neighbourhood”; the well-known Sausage Festival rounded by many intellectual, material, and architectural
of Csaba, held since 1997, has made the sausage famous values in our everyday life that we should preserve so that
in Europe. In Békéscsaba, dozens of traditional sausage not just we, but also the grandchildren of our grandchildren

makers prepare sausages, so we can say that even the fences can be proud of all them. Therefore, the Local Government
are made from sausages. of Békés County has established the repository of values of
Thanks to the excellent natural endowments of Békés Békés County, which is being constantly extended, and it

County, the good soil, and the many sunshine hours, ex- is no surprise that it encourages the towns and villages to
cellent fruit is grown here: the distilleries with their ex- create their own local repository of values, and to research,
pertise of hundreds of years brew excellent fruit spirits in collect, and preserve their own values.
Békés County.

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