Eperjes sentence example
eperjes
- South-east of the Low Tatra extend the Zips - Gomor Ore Mountains, while the most eastern group is the Hegyalja Mountains, between the Topla, Tarcza and Hernad rivers, which run southward from Eperjes to Tokaj.
- Eperjes is one of the oldest towns of Hungary, and is still partly surrounded by its old walls.
- Eperjes was founded about the middle of the 12th century by a German colony, and was elevated to the rank of a royal free town in 1 347 by Louis I.
- It became famous by the so-called "butchery of Eperjes," a tribunal instituted by the Austrian general Caraffa in 1687, which condemned to death and confiscated the property of a great number of citizens accused of Protestantism.