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Statue of Aranka György

Statue of Aranka György
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Marosvásárhely, Târgu Mureș
Address:
Aurel Filimon
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5466216678, 24.5593526944
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History

The statue of Aranka György (1737-1817), 18th century writer and cultural organiser, was erected in 2008. Its creator is Gyarmathy János; the stone blocks of the pedestal are decorated with copperplates of the accented and double letters of the Hungarian alphabet. Aranka founded the Transylvanian Hungarian Language Society and became its secretary. In several of his works he warned of the need to cultivate the Hungarian language.

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