Lazarea: Culture, Art and History

On Mount Szármány north of Lăzarea stands the Roman Catholic “Sfântul Anton” Chapel, a medieval chapel dating from the 15th century. On the slope of Mount Szármány near Lăzarea, there were once five chapels arranged in the shape of a cross. For travel planning, a named building and a former sacred arrangement can be considered separately.

Culture

Lázăr Castle is an example of Renaissance architecture in Transylvania. A statue of Kájoni János stands in the courtyard of the Franciscan monastery of Lăzarea. Kájoni János’s printing press operated in the Franciscan monastery of Lăzarea from 1675 to 1854. When organizing historical topics, architecture, the monastery courtyard and the clearly time-limited printing activity can be considered as separate points of reference.

Art

The Lăzarea Art Camp was conceived as an open window onto contemporary Romanian art that accepts and appreciates all artistic movements. The Lăzarea art collection comprises 2,117 works. The Lăzarea Cultural and Art Centre organizes a wide variety of contemporary cultural and artistic events. When preparing with specific figures, the number of works can be read as a separate type of information alongside the artistic concept and the event programme. The different formats each have their own focus: the art camp represents an explicitly open understanding of contemporary Romanian art, the collection represents a clearly quantified figure, and the Cultural and Art Centre represents a field of events. This makes it possible to distinguish art-related information by concept, scope and event format without combining it into a single offering.

The entries offer various points of comparison for your own planning: architecture and monastic history stand alongside contemporary art, a market held on a fixed date and regionally situated peaks and churches. You can organize the topics according to the time available, personal interest or the desired balance of culture and landscape.

Culinary Highlights

The Cabbage Festival and Cabbage Market of Lăzarea take place every year on the second weekend of October and include a market for traditional products. For your personal planning, you can weigh the date and the theme separately; the fixed weekend serves as a different planning anchor from the descriptions of buildings, art and regional places.

When comparing hotels in Lazarea, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the offer pages. The three fields define the financial and organizational framework of your trip; the choice of location can be linked to the cultural, artistic and regional themes described.

Other Places

Other places: Subcetate, Toplița, Valea Rece, Sâncrai, Niklasmarkt, Tulgheş, Bălan and Miercurea-Ciuc

Regional Surroundings

The peaks Vârful Mic, Răchitiş, Fagul Roşu and Poienii are located in the wider regional surroundings of Lăzarea. The wider regional surroundings of Lăzarea also include Biserica Ortodoxă Sândominic, an Orthodox church; Biserica Catolică Sândominic, a Catholic church; Biserica Ortodoxă Ciuntită, an Orthodox church; and Capela Tomeşti, a chapel.

For the overarching travel overview: Harghita.