Nyergestető

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NYERGESTETŐ The mountains of Nyerges is located along the road between Csíkkozmás and Kászonújfalu. The ridge of the mountains, called the Nyergestető is a familiar place for every Székely, since this area witnessed many battle victories and defeats, during history. On August 1, 1849, on this narrow ridge, colonel Sándor Gál, and his 200-men-strong tiny Székely troops, tried to stop the huge Russian army pouring into Transylvania. In the short but heroic battle, which was one of the last battles of the Hungarian Liberation Fight of 1848, all Székelys fell. Their spirits and heroic self-sacrifices for Transylvania and Hungary are remembered by this small but very idyllic monument.
There is a mass grave in the forest, closeby to this monument, which gives resting place to not only the 200 Székelys fallen in August 1849, but also to the soldiers who fell in battles against the Tartars in 1550, and the Turks in 1660.