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Szatmár-Bereg

Way through the world of the Gothics

into the cradle of the Reformation

and the Hungarian literature

Another source of experience is the Szatmár-Bereg region. structions only here, in the area which used to be rich in

The most beautiful medieval churches of the Upper Tisza forests.
region are found in this area. Due to their decoration and Szatmár-Bereg is a special corner of Hungary: a cultic place
size, it is no surprise that they are called the jewellery boxes of pilgrimage for Hungarian literary history. Th e birthplace
of this area. There are priceless murals, frescos, richly deco- of great personalities of Hungarian literature, where impor-

rated furnishing, carved pulpits, benches, and galleries in tant pieces were written. Ferenc Kölcsey wrote the Hun-

these churches. Wooden bell towers stand next to these tiny garian anthem here; it inspired Sándor Petőfi , the poet of
churches, which are also masterpieces of folk architecture. romance, and the great Hungarian realist writer, Zsigmond
In Szatmár-Bereg, the steep-sloped roofs of the buildings Móricz spent the happiest years of his childhood in this
covered by flat straw preserve the traces of wooden con- “fairy island”.

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