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Târgu Secuiesc (Kézdivásárhely in Hungarian, Szekler Neumarkt in German) is a city in Covasna county. It is also mentioned as the "city of guilds" or the "city of courtyards" and it is the eastermost Hungarian-majority city in Transylvania. It was once the center of Kézdi Seat (Kézdiszék in Hungarian), part of Three Seats county (Háromszék in Hungarian). Three Seats county was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Seclers in the area: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Seclers had four more other seats - Marosszék, Udvarhelyszék, Csíkszék, Aranyosszék.
It was first mentioned as a settlement in 1407 and in the year of 1427 King Sigismund (Sigismund von Luxemburg) granted the settlement with a city title, a place for organizing markets. The name in Hungarian native language means "Kézdi Market".
The square, which you can see live on our exclusive webcam, has a trapeze shape and it is actually the former marketplace, now surrounded by buildings from the 18th and 19th century. Today the name of the town`s square is called Gábor Áron Town Square. Gábor Áron was an important local figure in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
The camera is set up a Vörös-ház, now a guesthouse and restaurant in the Gábor Áron town square. This guesthouse is a historical building, part of the local patrimony and cultural/architectural heritage.