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The Somogyi Library
Szeged
In 1879, the town of Szeged was destroyed by a great flood of the Tisza River. Afterwards, it was rebuilt as a modern city with international cooperation. Its cultural rebirth was started by a donation from Károly SOMOGYI (1811-1888), canon of Esztergom, who presented the city with his library of 43 701 volumes, a collection of major scholarly value at the time. Thus Somogyi became the founder of the present library. The collection represented a wide vari ...
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