Tatabánya
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Tatabánya is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County.
Tatabánya in June 2008
Communist housing developments in Tatabánya
Credo Econell at Tatabánya bus station
The Turul monument, which towers over the town from Gerecse mountain
Turul
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The Turul is a mythological bird of prey, mostly depicted as a falcon, in Hungarian tradition and Turkic tradition, and a national symbol of Hungarians.
Tatabánya
…Hungary's top goal scorers. In eleven seasons of football with the Hungarian national team, "the Wizard" managed to score 28 goals in 70 appearances. The Turul monument, above the city on the top of Gerecse Mountain, is the largest bird statue in Central Europe. The Szelim cave and the forest park of Gerecse…
Turul bird on the Royal Castle, Budapest, Hungary
A pair of silver hair decoration disk with motive of mythic Turul bird from a 10th century Hungarian cemetery (Found in Rakamaz, Hungary) Jósa András Museum in Nyíregyháza, Hungary
The other part of the pair of the silver hair decoration disk with motive of mythic Turul bird from a 10th century Hungarian cemetery (Found in Rakamaz, Hungary)
Gilt silver disk with Turul motif (Hungary, 10th century), National Museum in Prague (temporary exhibition)