The 7+34 wonders of Transylvania

A new website, erdely7csodaja.ro has been launched, that contains information regarding the seven wonders of Translyvania that were collected earlier in May. The interactive website is available so far in English and Hungarian.

The initiators of ‘The Seven Wonders of Transylvania’ survey have launched a website, erdely7csodaja.ro, where information on all seven wonders that won in May are available in English and in Hungarian. The creators plan on developing the list, adding other wonders that voters suggested in May.

The ‘winners’ of the voting are as follows:

The Red Lake and the Bicaz Gorge
Lake Saint Anne
The Turda Gorge
The Székelykő of Torockó (lit. the rock of the Szeklers)
The boron water and mofetta of Szeklerland
The statue of Virgin Mary of Csíksomlyó
The Bear Lake of Sovata

This May, 7 Transylvanian wonders have been plucked from altogether 34 suggestions: these are geographical places, traditions, monuments, buildings. However, in the case of the website, not only the winners are important, but the presentation, popularisation of the ‘contestants’.

The aim of this site is not to set up a competition, but to present the values without wanting to gain from it and to draw attention to how wonderful Transylvania is.

As the creators argue, there aren’t only 7 or 34 wonders in Transylvania. These 34 items are included as guidelines, as to spark curiosity. They were chosen on the suggestion of both professionals and voters. The list will be expanded continually in the future, and the creators ask the visitors to help them with further suggestions and ideas.