Maros-Vasarhely, capital of the Szekler districts in Transylvania, stands on the Maros, 23 miles SE. of Klausenburg. It contains a fortified castle, an old Gothic church (Reformed), a library of 70,000 volumes, and a collection of minerals and antiquities, and has a trade in timber, tobacco, wine, corn, and fruits (particularly melons). Pop. 12,883.
Maros-Vasarhely
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 55
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