Memorandumists Plaque

Sibiu


The Memorandumists plaque honours the Transylvanian leaders of the Romanian National Party who addressed a memorandum to the emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna in 1892 calling for an end to discrimination against Romanians. In response, members were convicted of agitating against the empire and imprisoned.


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