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Siebenburzen, located in Romania, gave its name to great number of Turkish
Carpets, discovered in the Protestant churches of Transilvania which became the
Turkish province during the the Ottoman Empire. According to a legend, Suleyman
the Magnificent sent his Grand Vizier to Brosov with a beautiful carpet as a
sign of friendship for the Christians. Apparently, the patriarch was so
impressed by the beauty of the rug and ordered 2000 more to be bought. This
order opened a new horison for the merchants who started a great trade between
Romania and Ottoman empire. These rugs offered to Protestant Churches in Romania
and Hungary as wedding gifts, funeral offerings and donations. Although Anatolian
origine of these carpets is certain, the pin-pointing locality is difficult. It
is suggested that these rugs came from Usak, Gordes and Bergama regions. Most of
these carpets are either praying nich designs or Lotto patterned carpets.
So Transilvanian carpets were produced in great numbers and these were the
first commercial carpets exported to Bakans and Northern Europe during the 17th
and 18th centuries.
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