"Bihar is alive, enlivened by its holy heart, its villages built castles
Grand Bihar, the spirit of our country was the guard here."
(Zoltán Nadányi: Bihar)


Sloping hills by the creaks and steep mountains covered with snow, sandy soil and majestic cliffs make the land even more beautiful. The literature of this place is also very colourful. There may not be another region that gave so many literary men to Hungarian literature as Bihar.

Kazinczy was born there, Bessenyei returned to Bihar and his work was fruitful, change came to Kölcsey in terms of his career while living in Bihar. he understood that he had to bare life. Arany János's classic literary worked was based on traditions of Bihar. Zoltán Nadányi lived in Berettyóújfalu most of his life, as well as representatives of folk literature, Nagy Imrét, Sinka István, Erdélyi József and Szabó Pál.

The Bihar Museum preserved a great amount of memories of all this in the form of manuscripts, books and literary relics. The museum is excellent to visit both by researchers and general readers.