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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 ...
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 ...
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, Romania.
Turda County covered 3,158 km 2 (1,219 sq mi) and was located in central western part of Greater Romania, in the western part of Transylvania. Its borders were as follows: to the north, Cluj County; to the west the counties of Bihor and Arad; to the south, the counties of Hunedoara and Alba; and to the east the counties of Târnava Mică and ...
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County seat, is the second largest city in Romania. With a population of more than 47,000 inhabitants, Turda is the second largest city in Cluj County. Dej Gherla Huedin. Cluj County has 5 municipalities, 1 town and 75 communes. Municipalities: Câmpia Turzii; pop. 22,223 (as of 2011) Cluj-Napoca – county seat; pop. 324,576
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.
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