Cseri Miklós - Horváth Anita - Szabó Zsuzsanna (szerk.): Discover Rural Hungary!, Guide (Szentendre, Hungarian Open Air Museum, 2007)

II Upland Market Town - II-1 House from Tállya

tallies, meaning segment, cutting and clearing. We do not know the exact date when the two-storey building was constructed. At its original place it stands in a small square in the middle of the market town, which was regarded as a centre of Tokaj-Hegyalja. The 11-2 House from Tokaj I 'Who has not bathed ^^^^ yet?" asked Árpád Merczi, the bootmaker in Tállya in the winter of 1906. Here visitors can see how people bathed, a regular Saturday ritual. At this time - not for the first time in its history - there were two families living in the house. Ms. Károly Bodó, the widow of a wealthy citizen lived in the first part of the house. Her furniture reflecting their middleclass wealth - occupies the first two rooms. The main feature in the living room is the console with marble surface and mirror above. A stylish, painted glass decanter with matching glasses stands on the table. On the objects, the stylistical marks of secession can be seen. It is characterised by rippling decorations based on floral or geometric patterns with vivid colours dominating. In the back room, the bootmaker and his family live. Tállya was populated by Walloons during the 12th century. The name of the settlement derives from the French