Transylvania Panorama

The Transylvanian Panorama (Polish: Panorama Siedmiogrodzka) other names Bem and Petőfi, Bem in Transylvania, Battle of Segesvár / Schässburg - village of Fehéregyháza, meaning White Church was a monumental (15 × 100 metre) panoramic painting depicting the Battle of Nagyszeben, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-49.

It was painted by many painters under the direction of Jan Styka in the Lwów (Lviv) rotunda, located in Stryjski Park, the same place where the Racławice Panorama was painted.

The project was finished in September 1897 by painters of three nations: The painting was exhibited in Lwow, Budapest and Warsaw.

Twenty fragments currently are located in a few Polish museums in Tarnów, Warsaw, Krosno and Łęczyca.

[1] The Battle of Nagyszeben was fought on 11 March 1849 between the Hungarian Transylvanian Army led by the Polish general Józef Bem and the coalition of Austrian and Russian armies commanded by Generals Anton Puchner and Grigory Skariatin.