Magyarvalkó

inside church

MAGYARVALKÓ Magyarvalkó (Valceu, Rumania today) is at the foothills of the Mountains of Gyalu (Hung. Gyalui havasok), hosting one of the most beautiful churches of Kalotaszeg. The church was built by the Hungarian Valkai dynasty in the 13th century, in romanesque style. In 1452, a gothic apse was attached and the complex was fortified with walls.
In Magyarvalkó was born and lived András Valkai, a judge, and hig-ranking officer at the Chancellery of the Hungarian governors of Transylvania. He wrote his poetic historical notes in Magyarvalkó about, among others, Bánk bán (a Hungarian noble who staged a plot to kill the German wife, Gertrudis, of the András II, in the 13th century), and the Hungarian kings.