1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EPERJES, a town of Hungary, capital of the county of Saros, 100 m. N.E. of Budapest by rail. Pop. (1900) 13,098. It is situated on the left bank of the river Tarcza, an affluent of the Theiss, and has been almost completely rebuilt since a great fire in 1887. Eperjes is one of the oldest towns of Hungary, and is still partly surrounded by its old walls. It is the seat of a GreekCatholic bishop, and possesses a beautiful cathedral built in the i8th century in late Gothic style. It possesses manufactures of cloth, ta…
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