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Memorial to the Battle of Tolvajos-tető

Memorial to the Battle of Tolvajos-tető
Csiksomlyó, Csiki székelyek csatáinak emlékoszlopa - panoramio
Szodorai Imre [Hun], CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Csíkszereda, Miercurea Ciuc
Address:
Csíksomlyó, Szék útja
Historical Hungarian county:
Csík
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3784098372, 25.8245439257
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History

Next to the Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk is the memorial column of the Battle of Tolvajos-tető of 17 May 1567. The memorial was commissioned by Baron Henter Antal, royal judge of Udvarhelyszék, and brought to Csíksomlyó around 1870 by the Franciscan father Simon Jukundián.

In 1567, on the hill of Tolvajos-tető, the Székelys led by István, the parish priest of Gyergyóalfalva, defeated the army of John Sigismund on Pentecost Saturday and defended their Catholic Church in the Csík and Gyergyó basins. It is in honour of this event that the annual Pentecostal feast of Csíksomlyó is held.

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