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Kőműves Kelemen
Kőműves Kelemen (Clement Mason) is a Hungarian folk tale about the building of the fortress of Deva. Originating in the 16th century, its plot derived from a folk ballad. There are several versions of this tale, with minor differences. The eponymous poem makes reference to a well-known Hungarian folk tale in which the central character – a stonemason named Kőműves Kelemen – finds that the castle he’s trying to build keeps falling down, and is forced to sacrifice his beloved wife and mix her remains into the mortar in order to make the castle stand. This is a reference familiar to almost any Hungarian reader, but clearly not obvious to the non-Hungarian. Summary of Plot Kelemen, and 12 other bricklayers, are trying to build the castle of Déva. Every time they finish, it collapses. Believing themselves to be at the mercy of an old curse, they make an agreement; whoever's wife first appears in the construction area of the castle, will have their throat cut, corpse burn ...
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Fortress Of Deva
The Fortress of Deva (, ) is a fortress located in the city of Deva, Hunedoara County, Romania, on top of a volcanic hill. Position The fortress is located atop a volcano in the Poiana Ruscă Mountain Range within the Western Carpathian Mountains of Romania. From the foot of the hill, the city of Deva spreads out, beginning with '' Magna Curia'' and the public park. Nearby are most of the buildings of the administrative institutions of the city: the Court House, the Prefecture, the County Hall, the Finance Administration, the old police headquarters, the City Hall and two of the oldest schools in Deva: the ''Decebal National College'' and the ''Pedagogic Lyceum''. The fortress is connected with the foot of the hill by an inclined lift which allows tourists to reach the fortress. History The Roman conquerors strengthened the walls and defended this fortification, the trade road that connected with the rest of the empire, also called the salt road, passed right at the foot ...
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Imre Sarkadi
Imre () is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April. It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich. Its English equivalents are Emery and Henry. Bearers of the name include the following (who generally held Hungarian nationality, unless otherwise noted): * Imre Antal (1935–2008), pianist * Imre Bajor (1957–2014), actor * Imre Bebek (d. 1395), baron * Imre Bródy (1891–1944), physicist * Imre Bujdosó (b. 1959), Olympic fencer * Imre Csáky (cardinal) (1672–1732), Roman Catholic cardinal * Imre Csermelyi (b. 1988), football player *Imre Cseszneky (1804–1874), agriculturist and patriot * Imre Csiszár (b. 1938), mathematician * Imre Csösz (b. 1969), Olympic judoka * Imre Czobor (1520–1581), Noble and statesman *Imre Czomba (b. 1972), Composer and musician * Imre Deme (b. 1983), football player * Imre Erdődy (1889–1973), Olympic gymnast * Imre Farkas (1879–1976 ...
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Csaba Ivánka
Csaba () is a Hungarian given name for males. Prince Csaba is the legendary son of Attila the Hun in Hungarian chronicles.''Gesta Hungarorum'', Simon Keza, Edited and translated by László Veszprémy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jenő Szűcs, Central European University Press, 1999. pp. 67, 69, 71, 73 Individuals with the given name include: * Csaba (chieftain) (10th century), Hungarian military leader, an inspiration for the Prince Csaba legend * Csaba Almási (born 1966), Hungarian long jumper * Csaba Ferenc Asztalos (born 1974), Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity * Csaba Balog (born 1972), Hungarian footballer * Csaba Balogh (born 1987), Hungarian chess grandmaster * Csaba Bernáth (born 1979), Hungarian footballer * Csaba Csáki, Hungarian physicist *Csaba Csere, a former technical director and editor-in-chief of ''Car and Driver'' magazine * Csaba Csizmadia (born 1985), Hungarian football manager and former player * Csaba Czébely, former member of the Hungari ...
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Levente Szörényi
Levente (between 1010 and 1015 – 1047) was a member of the House of Árpád, a great-grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians. He was expelled from Hungary in 1031 or 1032, and spent many years in Bohemia, Poland and the Kievan Rus'. He returned to Hungary, where a pagan uprising was developing around that time, in 1046. Levente remained a devout pagan, but did not hinder the election of his Christian brother, Andrew I as king. Childhood Hungarian chronicles have preserved contradictory information of his parentage. According to one variant, Levente and his two brothersAndrew and Bélawere "the sons of Ladislas the Bald"''The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle:'' (ch. 60.87), p. 113. and his "wife from Ruthania", that is from the Kievan Rus'. On the other hand, a concurring tradition has preserved that the three brothers were sons of Ladislas the Bald's brother, " Vazul by some girl from the clan" of Tátony. Modern historians – since the research of Péter Vác ...
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János Bródy
János Kristóf Bródy ( Hungarian: Bródy János, born 5 April 1946) is a Hungarian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and scriptwriter. Successful both with the bands Illés and Fonográf and in his solo career, writing lyrics for singers like Zsuzsa Koncz or for rock operas like István, a király, he was a major figure of the Hungarian music scene in the 60s–90s. Early years János Bródy was born on 5 April 1946 in Budapest as the child of András Bródy, Széchenyi Award-winning economist, and Márta Vajna, a teacher. After his graduation from the Puskás Tivadar Telecommunication Technical School, in 1964 he joined the beat band Illés after the advice of Zsuzsa Koncz. The band, which previously gained its Budapest-wide fame from small club concerts playing Italian and English hits (like ones from The Hurricanes, The Shadows and The Beatles) recorded its first albums ''Long Tall Sally'' and ''Little Richard/Chapel''. The band was more and more often accom ...
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