Șimleu Silvaniei is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 13,948 people. It is located near the ancient Dacian fortress Dacidava.
Orthodox and Reformed churches
Gepid gold necklace with 52 pendants discovered at Șimleu, now exhibited at Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum
Șimleu Silvaniei Fort built by the Báthory family
Stephen Báthory was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania as well as Prince of Transylvania, after previously being Voivode of Transylvania.
Șimleu Silvaniei
…Sophia Báthory, (died 1680), notable member of the Somlyó branch of the Báthory family. Stephen Báthory (1533–1586) Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586). György Bölöni (1882–1959), Hungarian writer and journalist…
A 19th-century copy of a portrait attributed to Martin Kober representing Stephen Báthory in decorative Sarmatian attire
Stephen Báthory as King of Poland with a Mannerist crown from about 1584, most probably created for him in Gdańsk after Willem van den Blocke's design.
Blade of the blessed sword received by Stephen Báthory in 1580 from Pope Gregory XIII for his struggles against Turks and Tatars. It was deposited in the royal treasury in Kraków.