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The Zetea Dam is a dam built on the Târnava Mare River, upstream from the village of Zetea in Harghita County. The reservoir has a total volume of 44.0 million cubic meters, of which 7.6 million cubic meters is permanent volume and 36.4 million...
The commune of Intregalde is located in the central part of Alba County, at the foot of the Trascau Mountains, in the upper basin of the Galda and Galdița rivers, and partially in the tributary basin of the Râmeț, at an altitude ranging from 600 to...
Praid Salt Mine is a rock salt mine in Romania, located in Harghita County. The mine is situated in the Gurghiu Mountains basin, encompassed within the Salt Hill, forming the triangle Praid - Ocna de Jos - Ocna de Sus. The salt deposits in...
Turda Salt Mine is today a true museum of the history of salt mining. The excellent state of preservation of the mining works and the equipment used for transporting salt, along with the care taken in preparing the mine to become a tourist...
Alba Iulia, in old Romanian Bălgrad, (in Hungarian Gyulafehérvár, translated as the White Fortress of Julius, in medieval Latin Alba Iulia; in antiquity, the site of the current fortress was home to the Roman castrum Apulum) is a municipality and...
In the heart of the city of Aiud, one of the oldest urban fortresses in Transylvania (13th-16th century) is preserved. Aiud Fortress In this location, archaeological research has revealed the existence of a Daco-Roman settlement from the 3rd...
The largest saltwater spa in Romania, covering an area of approximately 5,200 square meters, was opened on Saturday in Praid (Harghita). The investment, amounting to 1.55 million euros, was entirely funded by the salt mine in the resort, reports...
Axente Sever , long ago The Reins , (in Saxon dialect Franderf, Frândref, Frandref , in German Frauendorf , in Hungarian Asszonyfalva is a village in the northern part of Sibiu County, in the Tarnava Plateau. The village is the seat of the...
Băgaciu (Mureș) (in Saxon dialect) Bogeschterf, Bôzeštref , in German Bogeschdorf, Bogistorf , in Hungarian Saxon Bogács, Bogács Băgaciu is a village in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is the administrative center of the Bagaciu...
The construction of the fortress began in 1310, on the site of an older earth and wood fortification from the 12th century. The purpose of building the fortress was primarily strategic, specifically to defend the southeast of Transylvania from the...
As you approach Hosman, you will see the tower of the fortified church standing guard in the distance against the peaks of the Făgăraș Mountains. The double enclosure surrounded a Romanesque basilica at the beginning of the 16th century, whose very...
One of the very young monastic establishments of the Archdiocese of Sibiu, existing since April 2006, Bran Monastery is situated on the top of the hill that overlooks the village of Şimon - part of the Bran commune - in an area of unique...