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Countryside

rich in values

Preservation of traditions and values

The repository of values movement, launched in 2013, is county and to send the details to the Hungaricum Com-
in full swing. Tolna County is a national leader in collecting mitt ee.
and exploring its values: a repository of values’ committ ee We consider the matt er of the values to be of key impor-
operates in 72 towns and villages, and in June 2025, 492 tance, although this is not just about exploring and collect-
values were included in the county’s repository of values. ing the values, as the initiative also increases the cohesion
The county’s traditions, local special dishes, drinks, handi- of the communities.

craft products, architectural and agricultural specialities, The collective that knows and lives its traditions and val-

plants, animals, natural values, and other outstanding and ues, builds its life more consciously. The repository of

unique values are protected by law: Act XXX of 2012 on values movement leads the people back to locality, creat-
the Hungarian National Values and Hungaricums. Th e ing community thinking and care instead of individual
task of the Tolna County Repository of Values’ Commit- thinking and care.
tee is to document the national values found within the

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