Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Complexul Memorial Ady Endre. Ghid (Satu Mare, 2020)
Szilágy / Sălaj county - Mecenţiu
Pesti Napló, 5th of November 1911. MECENŢIU It was first mentioned in written historical sources in 1320. During the Middle Ages, the village was owned by several families of the lower nobility. It was devastated and abandoned by its inhabitants for many decades after the fall of the Oradea fortress in 1660. It was repopulated at the beginning of the 18th century. The settlement has three churches: the Calvinist church, the Roman- Catholic church, and the Orthodox church. In 1910, there were 789 inhabitants, while only 124 remained in 2011. SZILÁGY / SĂLAJ COUNTY “My county has the shape of a hearth, being made up of the old counties of Middle Solnoc and Crasna. It is the remnant part of the old Sylvania, and nowadays I spend more and more time here, at home. I live at the corner of this heart called Szilágy / Sălaj, which is not far from the field of Majtény / Moftin, invoked by the historical rhetoric. There is no part in this country which is so sad [...] ” Ady Endre: Within the empire of the Károlyi family. 15
