The building of Károly Kós in Sfântu Gheorghe

After Budapest, Sfântu Gheorghe has the largest number of buildings designed and built by Károly Kós. These works lasted for nearly 50 years and included both public and private buildings. The main commissioners were Ferenc Gödri, Mayor of Sfântu Gheorghe, Vilmos Csutak, Director of the Székely National Museum, Dr Kristóf Fogolyán, Director of the Public Hospital of Covasna County, and Dr Gábor Kabay, lawyer. Over the years, 15 Kós buildings have been covered, of which some smaller public buildings were demolished in the past regime.

The most iconic Kós-building in Sfântu Gheorghe that can be visited houses the Szekler National Museum (10 Kós Károly Street).
Other buildings designed by Kós that can be admired from the outside during a walk in St. George are:
- the former Girl’s Grammar School (today it belongs to the "Székely Mikó" National College, 18 Gábor Áron Street)
- the former Reformed Elementary School (today the Children's Palace, 19 Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Street)
- the Keresztes House (9 Gróf Mikó Imre Street), where Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer and pianist, one of the most important composers of the 20th century, stayed in March 1927
- the Csulak House (family house, 11 Konsza Samu Street)

The plan of the buildings on the cover photo is by Kónya Ádám; source: Szekler National Museum.