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  2. Bistrița - Wikipedia

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    Bistrița also serves as a midway point for C&I, a transport service, and is a changing point for people traveling between Suceava, Satu Mare, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Sighișoara, Târgu Mureș, and Brașov.

  3. Bistrița-Năsăud County - Wikipedia

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    In Hungarian, it is known as Beszterce-Naszód megye, and in German as Kreis Bistritz-Nassod. The name is identical with the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County (Romanian: Comitatul Bistrița-Năsăud) in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award, as it became part of Hungary again until ...

  4. Bistrița (Siret) - Wikipedia

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    The Bistrița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ; also called Bistrița Aurie or Bistrița Moldoveană; Hungarian: Aranyos-Beszterce) is a river in the Romanian regions of Maramureș, Bukovina and Moldavia (most of its length). It is a right tributary of the river Siret. [ 1][ 2][ 3] At Chetriș, near Bacău, it flows into the Siret ...

  5. Bistrița Monastery - Wikipedia

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    The Bistrița Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Bistrița, pronounced [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 8 km west of Piatra Neamț. It was dedicated in 1402, having as original ctitor the Moldavian Voivode Alexandru cel Bun whose remains are buried here. The church is historically and archaeologically valuable.

  6. Istria - Wikipedia

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    Istria (/ ˈ ɪ s t r i ə / IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) [1] is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea.Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, [2] [3] 90% of its area being part of Croatia. [4]

  7. Bistrița (Someș) - Wikipedia

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    Bistrița (Someș) /  47.05861°N 24.42917°E  / 47.05861; 24.42917. The Bistrița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ; Hungarian: Beszterce) is a river in the Romanian region of Transylvania, Bistrița-Năsăud County. It is sometimes referred to as Bistrița ardeleană. [ 1] Near the city of Bistrița (at the village Sărata ...

  8. Bistrița Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Bistrița Mountains (Romanian: Munții Bistriței; Hungarian: Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory ...

  9. Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history, coupled with its multi-cultural character. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other very well preserved medieval iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Bistrița, Alba Iulia, Mediaș, and Sighișoara.