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Simontornya is a town in Tolna county, Hungary.
Simontornya is at the northern confluence
of the Sió and Sárviz Valley.
The tower fortress was built by Simon,
a son of King Salamon and the town is
named after (Simon's Tower) the tower which
still dominates the town centre.
Simontornya was the Tolna county's
administration centre in the 1700s.
Salamon Fried, from Moravia developed a
lucrative and world renown leather factory,
which still largely the cornerstone of the local
economy.
Simontornya became a city in 1995 again and
has excellent rail and road services.
The tower is well preserved and has been
extended over the centuries, and still shows
the different styles, of Gothic and Renaissance
of the centuries gone by.
Country: Hungary
County: Tolna
Area: 33.83 km²
Population: 4606
Postal code: 7081
Area code: 74
2006
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