Un memorial din globul bisericii unitariene din Vălenii de Arieș
A Memorial from the Unitarian Church's Belfry in Vălenii de Arieș

Summary/Abstract: In many cases, the buildings in our environment store those inscriptionsand documents that immortalize the past. One of these buildings, with a key-role inthe community life is the church. In order that memories are not lost, and theremembering exercise should be kept alive, we need to bring forth the memories.In this attempt, there are inscriptions positioned on the inner and outerwalls of the churches, in their foundation rocks, on the belfry, on the furniture, onthe ceilings with bays, on their bells. Through their content, they have an importantrole for the respective community. Owing to these inscriptions, we can affirm thatthe church itself is one of the most important places for the communitymemory/remembrance.Researchers of local memory have often attempted to examine the churchinscriptions, frequently engaging in collecting and examining them. A special formof the materials with memorial value is represented by memorials in the churches’belfries.While collecting documentation from the churches’ belfries in theTransylvania region, researchers have also collected pertinent data from the AriesValley area. Thusly, there are documents gathered from only seven dwellings(Abrud, LuncaAriesului. MihaiViteazul, UnireaStejeris, Turda, Râmetea). Fromother localities like: Viisoara, Poiana, Vălenii de Aries, Pietroasa, Cheia, Turda,Moldovenestiwe have access to collected data provingonly the existence of suchdocuments. From the Aries Valley,we presently have twelve documents fromseven localities, four out of these belonging to the Unitarian churches’ belfries, andeight to the Reformed churches in the area.So far, we could only have access to informative data about the memorialin the Unitarian Church from Vălenii de Aries, during the research previouslyconducted in the area. Due to the fact that, at the time, they have not discoveredany memorials, we currently believe we can rectify this deficiency, by publishingthe one that has been recently discovered, resulting from our personal researchconducted in the area. We render herein the memorial found in Vălenii de Aries,transcribed literally and translated into Romanian from the original in Hungarian.

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