Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
C1
C2
10
Synagogue
B2
11
Teleki House
C1
C2
Sleeping
13
Atlantic
A2
B2
D2
B1
C2
Eating
B2
B2
(see 14)
(see 16)
Drinking
20
Old City Pub
B2
21
Teresa Scara
B2
Entertainment
22
Cinema Arta
B2
B1
(see 3)
During the Ceauşescu regime, Târgu Mureş was a 'closed city', with all ethnic groups
other than Romanians forbidden to settle here, in an effort to dilute the Hungarian com-
munity.
In 1990 Târgu Mureş was the scene of bloody clashes between Hungarian students,
demonstrating for a Hungarian-language faculty in their university, and Romanians who
raided the local Hungarian political party offices. The Romanian mob attempted to gouge
out the eyes of playwright András Sütő, who remained blind in one eye until his death in
2006. According to Human Rights Watch World Report for 1990, the violence was stirred