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Nagyszalonta
Salonta (; hu, Nagyszalonta, italic=no, colloquially , ; ger, Grosssalontha, italic=no; tr, Salanta, italic=no) is a municipiu, city in Bihor County, in the geographical region of Crișana, north-western Romania, near the Hungarian border. Population According to the Demographics of Romania, Romanian census from 2011, the city has a population of 17,042, made up of Hungarians (58.1%), Romanians (38.83%), Romani people, Romani (2.4%), Slovaks 0.4% and others (0.5%). In terms of religion, in year 2002, 51.12% were Reformed Church in Romania, Reformed (Calvinist), 36.46% Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, 6.56% Roman Catholicism in Romania, Roman Catholic and 5.86% was split between Baptist Union of Romania, Baptists, Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Romanian Greek-Catholic, Pentecostalism, Pentecostals and other faiths. History The city, a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, was first documented in 1214 under the name of ''Zolonta'' and in 1332 a Papal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Arany
János Arany (; archaic English: John Arany; 2 March 1817 – 22 October 1882) was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the ''Toldi trilogy.'' Biography He was born in Nagyszalonta, Bihar County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire. He was the youngest of ten children, but because of tuberculosis running in the family, only two of them lived beyond childhood. At the time of his birth, his older sister Sára was already married and his parents, György Arany and Sára Megyeri, were 60 and 44 years old, respectively. János Arany learned to read and write early on, and was reported to read anything he could find in Hungarian and Latin. Since his parents needed support early in Arany's life, he began working at the age of 14 as an associate teacher. From 1833 he attended the Reformed College of Debrecen where he studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
