Transylvania - Romania and Bulgaria - page 248

Miercurea Ciuc

Sights

1 City Hall B3

2 Civic Centre B1

3 Hockey Statue A3

4 Mikó Castle A3

5 Palace of Justice B4

6 Soviet Army Monument B3

Székely Museum of Csík (see 4)

Sleeping

7 Hotel Fenyõ A2

Eating

8 La Jupânul B4

9 San Gennaro B2

Drinking

10 Café Bar Cuba B1

11 Hockey Klub B1

Sights

CHURCH

Franciscan Monastery
Two kilometres south of the centre in the Şumuleu district (Csíksomlyó in Hungarian) is a
fine Franciscan monastery, built in 1442 by Iancu de Hunedoara (János Hunyadi), gov-
ernor of Hungary from 1446 to 1452, to commemorate his great victory against the Turks
at Marosszentimre.
The monastery today is the site of the city's main tourist draw, the Pentecostal Pilgrim-
age. About 300,000 Székelys flock here on Whitsunday (late May/early June) to celebrate
their brotherhood.