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Turda (Romanian pronunciation:; Hungarian: Torda, Hungarian pronunciation:; German: Thorenburg; Latin: Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania.It is located in the southeastern part of the county, 34.2 km (21.3 mi) from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and 6.7 km (4.2 mi) from nearby Câmpia Turzii.
Salina Turda. Coordinates: 46.5877084°N 23.7873963°E. Rudolf hall is 80 m long, 50 m wide and 40 m high. [1] Salina Turda is a salt mine in the Durgău-Valea Sărată area of Turda, the second largest city in Cluj County, northwest Transylvania. Opened for tourists in 1992, the Salina Turda mine was visited by about 618,000 Romanian and ...
Turda Gorge. Coordinates: 46°33′50″N 23°40′45″E. Turda Gorges seen from the west end. Turda Gorge seen from the east end. Turda Gorge ( Romanian: Cheile Turzii, Hungarian: Tordai-hasadék) is a natural reserve (on Hășdate River) situated 6 km west of Turda and about 15 km [citation needed] south-east of Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania ...
Battle of Turda. The Battle of Turda lasted from 5 September to 8 October 1944, in the area around Turda, Kingdom of Romania, as part of the wider Battle of Romania. Troops from the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 8th Army fought a defensive action against Romanian and Soviet forces. The battle was one of the largest fought in Transylvania ...
Alternative names: Turdaş culture Tordos culture: Horizon: First Temperate Neolithic: Period: Neolithic–Chalcolithic: Dates: c. 5400–4500 BC Type site: Vinča-Belo Brdo: Major sites ...
Potaissa (castra) Potaissa was a legionary fortress and later a city in the Roman province of Dacia, located in today's Turda, Romania. [4] It appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana (Segmentum VIII) as Patavissa between Salinae and Napoca.
Turdaș ( Hungarian: Tordos, German: Tordesch) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Pricaz ( Perkász ), Râpaș ( Répás ), Spini ( Pád ), and Turdaș. Turdaș lies on the left bank of the Mureș River, which surrounds the village to the north and west. The Turdaș River discharges into ...
The Turda County Court Building of the interwar period. Over time, the building has been the Turda mayor's office, the local court, and a penitentiary. Turda County had a single urban commune, Turda, which was the county seat. The town had about 16,000 inhabitants (at the 1920 census) and over 20,000 inhabitants (at the 1930 census) and was ...