{"id":1875,"date":"2026-11-07T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/regiok\/szekelyfold\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:31:22","slug":"szekely-land","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/regiok\/szekelyfold\/","title":{"rendered":"Sz\u00e9kely Land"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sz\u00e9kely Land is the home of Peregrinus: a Transylvanian landscape framed by the Carpathians, where the Hungarian-speaking community still lives in a compact area. It is home to Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3 (\u0218umuleu Ciuc), the largest Pentecost pilgrimage site in the Carpathian Basin.<\/p>\n

Its churches preserve the Catholic, Reformed and Unitarian traditions alike: small churches with painted coffered ceilings, fortified churches surrounded by stone walls, venerated statues and holy springs await pilgrims in Harghita, Covasna and Mure\u0219 counties and in the land of the Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3s of Gyimes.<\/p>\n

Shrines and churches<\/h2>\n
<\/span>Cs\u00edkkarcfalva (C\u00e2r\u021ba)<\/span>Fortified Church \u2013 Cs\u00edkkarcfalva<\/span>Cs\u00edk\u2019s tallest fortified church: the medieval Great Lady Church with an oval defensive wall, an indoor altar and a gate tower.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Gyergy\u00f3sz\u00e1rhegy (L\u0103zarea)<\/span>Franciscan Friary \u2013 Gyergy\u00f3sz\u00e1rhegy<\/span>The Baroque Franciscan monastery above L\u00e1z\u00e1r Castle, the former home of K\u00e1joni J\u00e1nos, and one of the oldest religious communities in the Gyergy\u00f3szentmikl\u00f3s basin.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Mikh\u00e1za (C\u0103lug\u0103reni)<\/span>Franciscan Friary \u2013 Mikh\u00e1za<\/span>The late Renaissance Franciscan church and monastery at Ny\u00e1r\u00e1d dates from 1678 and is one of the important stops on the M\u00e1ria \u00dat road.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Esztelnek (Estelnic)<\/span>Franciscan Church and Friary \u2013 Esztelnek<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc)<\/span>Chapel of the Heart of Jesus \u2013 Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely<\/span>Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely The four-arched Jesus Chapel: a legend about the Tatar Khan, a healing spring, a ceiling memorial from 1677 and the renovation completed in 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3 (\u0218umuleu Ciuc), Cs\u00edkszereda<\/span>Pilgrimage Church and Franciscan Friary \u2013 Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3<\/span>One of the most famous places of Hungarian farewells: on the Cs\u00edkszereda border of the Baroque basilica and Franciscan monastery that houses the Maria statue from the early 16th century.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely (T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219)<\/span>St John the Baptist Parish Church \u2013 T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219<\/span>Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely Two-tower Baroque parish church in the Roszak Square: Jesuit foundation, consecration in 1750, Haller main altar and Church Art Museum.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Gyimesb\u00fckk (Kontum\u00e1c)<\/span>Church of the Assumption at Kontum\u00e1c \u2013 Gyimesb\u00fckk<\/span>The Mother Temple of Gyimes Valley at the 1000-year-old border: the Franciscan church founded in 1782 with the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, near the R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Castle.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Gyergy\u00f3szentmikl\u00f3s (Gheorgheni)<\/span>Armenian Catholic Church \u2013 Gyergy\u00f3szentmikl\u00f3s<\/span>The Baroque church of the Armenians from Gyergy\u00f3szentmikl\u00f3s has a barred stone wall and bastions, and an altar painting from the Mechitarist monastery in Venice.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Cs\u00edksz\u00e9pv\u00edz (Frumoasa)<\/span>St Ladislaus Memorial on Pog\u00e1ny-havas \u2013 Cs\u00edksz\u00e9pv\u00edz<\/span>The 17th-century chapel and bell tower discovered on the site of Kicsi-Pog\u00e1ny: The Memorial Site of Saint Ladislaus in Cs\u00edksz\u00e9pv\u00edz, with a pilgrimage on June 27.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>D\u00e1lnok (Dalnic)<\/span>Reformed Church \u2013 D\u00e1lnok<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely (T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219)<\/span>Reformed Fortress Church \u2013 T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219<\/span>Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely Its oldest building: the Reformed church built from the medieval Franciscan church is located between the city walls.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Sepsiszentgy\u00f6rgy (Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe)<\/span>Reformed Fortified Church \u2013 Sepsiszentgy\u00f6rgy<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>St Anne's Lake (L\u00e1z\u00e1rfalva)<\/span>St Anne's Chapel \u2013 St Anne's Lake<\/span>The chapel on the shore of Lake Saint Anna, located in the Csom\u00e1d crater: a centuries-old place of farewell, with a bonfire at the end of July and a wreath around the lake.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Gelence (Ghelin\u021ba)<\/span>St Emeric's Church \u2013 Gelence<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Cs\u00edkdelne (Delni\u021ba)<\/span>St John's Church \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne<\/span>Medieval church standing in the field, surrounded by a stone wall in Cs\u00edkdeln\u00e9: 15th-century wall paintings, floral-patterned painted coffered ceiling and 17th-century winged altar.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Cs\u00edkmenas\u00e1g (Arm\u0103\u0219eni)<\/span>Church of the Immaculate Conception \u2013 Cs\u00edkmenas\u00e1g<\/span>One of Alcs\u00edk\u2019s most important medieval churches: a painted sanctuary vault, a 13th-century rose window, and a winged altar, parts of which are now in the Hungarian National Gallery.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00c9nlaka (Inl\u0103ceni)<\/span>Unitarian Church \u2013 \u00c9nlaka<\/span>Medieval Unitarian church on the hill with a painted cassetted ceiling from 1668 and the famous carved inscription \u201eOne in God\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Homor\u00f3dkar\u00e1csonyfalva (Cr\u0103ciunel)<\/span>Unitarian Church \u2013 Homor\u00f3dkar\u00e1csonyfalva<\/span>The Unitarian church in Homor\u00f3d was excavated in 2006, with seven scenes from the legend of Saint Ladislaus and a 18th-century painted cassette ceiling.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Nagyajta (Aita Mare)<\/span>Unitarian Fortified Church \u2013 Nagyajta<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>Sz\u00e9kelyderzs (D\u00e2rjiu)<\/span>Unitarian Fortified Church \u2013 Sz\u00e9kelyderzs<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>