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Brâncovenești is the site of the Kemény Castle, which was the only castle in Transylvania to survive the Mongol Invasion of Hungary in 1241–42. At the time, it was referred to as Vécs, and it guarded the salt mines of Gömör. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Săcalu de Pădure and ...
MS. Sâncraiu de Mureș ( Hungarian: Marosszentkirály, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒrossɛntkiraːj] meaning "Holy King on the Mureș River") is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of two villages: Nazna / Náznánfalva. Sâncraiu de Mureș. Around 1930, Cornățel ( Egerszeg) village was merged into Sâncraiu de Mureș.
The county has a total area of 6,714 km 2 (2,592 sq mi). The northeastern side of the county consists of the Călimani and Gurghiu Mountains and the sub-Carpathian hills, members of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The rest of the county is part of the Transylvanian Plateau, with deep but wide valleys. The main river crossing in the county is the ...
Târgu Mureș [a] ( / ˌtɜːrɡuːˈmʊərɛʃ, ˌtɪər -/, Romanian: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ] ⓘ; Hungarian: Marosvásárhely [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj] ⓘ; German: Neumarkt am Mieresch) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 inhabitants as of the 2021 ...
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April 19, 2024 at 5:06 PM. By Sarah Morland. (Reuters) - More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53% from the last three months of ...
April 29, 2024 at 8:38 PM. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five other officers ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (/ d ə ˈ w aɪ. ər t /; 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer. He was awarded the Victoria Cross , the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. [3]