Presumably the village got it’s name from the French settlers who were settled down in the area after the Tartar invasion. The French word „taille” means cutting, which refers to the cutting of the brushwood on the hills before planting vine there.

In the 15th century Tállya was awarded with town status.

Pope Pius IV tasted the wine produced in Tállya during the Council of Trent and said „Summum Pontificem talia vina decent!”, meaning: „This wine is worthy to be on His Holiness’ table!”

Tállya had a castle in the Middle Ages but it was in ruin in the 16th century. Zsuzsanna Lórántffy made an order to use most of the stones for construction. In the 17th century the town was surrounded by a wall. In the 17th and 18th century it was the land of the Rákóczis, but after the defeat of the freedom fight Tállya fell into the possession of the Trautsohns. From 1808 the Bretzenheims family owned it, and then it became the Sóhalmi family’s land. It is said that Lajos Kossuth was baptized in Tállya in 1802.

Sights:

-    Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Calvinist Church
-    Mailloth Manor
-    Rákóczi Manor
-    Rákóczi Cellar
-    Baloght Manor
-    Post house

 

Europe's centre

In 1992 the geographical centre of Europe was set in Tállya. The Phoneix Statue marking it comes from the Central European Artists' Colony in Tállya, as do the many statues in public squares.

 

The art trail

The Baroque Mailloth Mansion houses a permanent exhibition from the Central European Artists Colony of Tállya. The János Lavotta 'king of verbunko music' memorial room is also here and some beautiful XVI-century ornamental, aristocratic embroidary - a living tradition.

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