Hungarian National Museum

Exhibitions > Permanent exhibitions > History of Hungary > Transylvania and the royal Hungary

	History of Hungary from the foundation of the state to 1990 Middle Ages
	Age of Arpads
	Century of the Anjou rulers
	King Zsigmond and the Hunyadis
	Villages and towns in the second half of the 15th century and at the beginning of the 16th century
	The Age of Matthias Hunyadi, the Jagielloes
	The Turkish Age
	Transylvania and the royal Hungary
	Driving out the Turkish. Aristocratic and urban relics from the 17th century
	Modern and Contemporary History
	Scholar Hungarians who made the 20th century
	On the East-West frontier: History of the people of the Hungarian lands from 400.000 BC to 804 AD
	The coronation mantle
	Medieval and Early Modern Lapidary
	Roman Lapidary

Transylvania and the royal Hungary

Room 7

On the right hand side of the exhibition hall the objects are reminiscent of the principality of Transylvania, which kept its internal independence even during the Ottoman rule and often functioned as a counter-balance to the authority of the Habsburg rulers. Under the portraits of the Transylvanian princes, the visitors can see the princes' personal belongings. The attire of Kathleen of Brandenburg and the late Renaissance sarcophagus of George Apafi are the greatest ornaments of the hall.
On the left, the Hungarian Kingdom comes to life by the historical relics of the Counter-Reformation, of the relics of the important mining industry of the Upland, and by the artworks of Haban craftsmanship.

Curiosities:

	The Habans were German speaking Christians, who escaped to Hungary and later to Transylvania. They kept the technique of the preparation of the blue and white tin-glazed pottery as a secret.
	The first codification of the freedom of religion happened in Transylvania.
	Stephan Bathory, prince of Transylvania later became one of the greatest kings of Poland.
	George Rákoczi donated a solid gold goblet to the church in Farkas street, Kolozsvár (Cluj).
	Cathleen of Brandenburg was famous not only because of her beauty but also because she became princess of Transylvania.
	Previous to the Counter-Reformation, 90 % of the Hungarian population were Protestants.
	The chalice part of Nádasdy's goblet was made out of a single piece of red agate.




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