Satu Mare, Romania -- Szatmar-Nemeti, Hungary

Today, Satu Mare is a city in northeast Romania; although, it was previously Szatmar, a city in southeast Hungary. The borders for Hungary and other countries changed at the end of World War I.

Turmoil in Hungary, Romania and other Eastern European countries throughout a thousand years of war encompassing the Austro-Hungarian Empire is a great subject for another lens!

Archeological discoveries made in Oas-Land, Ardud, Medies, and Homorod show evidence of both the stone- and bronze age settlements in Satu Mare.

Additional archeological evidence show proof of the Getic-Dacian communities occupying the regions after the Roman Conquest.

Picture and information are courtesy of: Satu Mare City.

An anticommunist uprising against the old regime, led to the downfall of the dictatorship in December 1989.

Restoration of the pluralist political system was consecrated by the 1991 Constitution, leading to the adoption of democratic institutions.

Read more about the history, by Gruco Ong.

Satu Mare county [in red] lies in the Northwest of Romania, on the lower course of the Somes river, bordering the Ukraine in the North, Hungary in the West and the counties of Bihor, Sãlaj and Maramures in the South and East.

From the plains in the western part of the county, crossed by the rivers Somes, Tur and Crasna, the relief gradually climbs towards the Oas and Gutâi mountains in the East, the Pietroasa peak reaching 1,200 m.

Szatmar Nemeti, Hungary now Satu Mare, Romania Shops 1915
Papp Endre Fele Berpalota, Iparos Otthon, Sor Csarnok

Situated in the old center of the city, the Dacia Hotel. It was built in 1902 upon the old City Hall location and the Royal Court. The Dacia Hotel complex is an architectonic jewel realized in Secession style, awarded in 1903 at a architectural exposition in Vienna.

I took this picture which won second place in a photo contest for a Fuji Film company!

E-mail: office@hoteldacia.ro
Phone: 0040.261.715.773

Situated in the historical center of the city, the building recently renewed shelters recently this villa endowed with air-conditioning, sauna, mini bar, souvenir shop. Classic and elegant, the villa is entirely furnished with XIX century style antic furniture.

We stayed at this hotel and give it a HIGH recommend!

E-mail: villa_bodi@datec.ro
Phone: 0040.261.710.862

We found this artistically-interesting, tiled building a block or two from the center of the city of Satu Mare. It was near a marketplace and hub of activity. I'm currently researching more information about this building.

I took this picture which won third place in a photo contest for a Fuji Film company!

In Satu Mare, we found 3 cemetaries that were each crowded with monuments that were literally one on top of the other. The first 2 cemetaries were visited were on the same side of the Somes River as our hotel. It was in one of the cemetaries that we found the most Nagy monuments.

As we crossed the Somes River on our way out of the city, we stopped at the third cemetary. I noticed that this cemetary was not as crowded with monuments. And, I probably found one Nagy monument there.

During our one-night stay in Satu Mare at the Villa Bodi, we walked the central park square area. It was a Friday night and the park was filled with people. The merchants were selling the most magnificent flowers with huge blooms and the most vivid colors. Plus, the price was so affordable. We bought a bouquet of pink gerber daisies for a couple dollars.

Thank you for taking time today to visit my lens and learn more about Satu Mare. Please check back often as I add more to this lens.

P.S. This beautiful fuchsia pink gerber daisy was bought in Satu Mare on a Friday night. The central park area was filled with merchants selling the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen.

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