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Black Tower ( Romanian: Turnul Negru; German: Schwarze Turm; Hungarian: Fekete torony) is a fort of Braşov, Romania. The tower located on a large rock on Warthe Hill. The purpose of the tower was to deny enemy soldiers access to the city walls, which, in this case, were no further than 5 meters (the pass was only widened in 1819–1820).
Elevation. 2,500 feet (760 m) Owner. Archduke Dominic of Austria-Tuscany. Bran Castle. Bran Castle ( Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov. The castle was built by Saxons in 1377 who were given the privilege by Louis I of ...
The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a grouping and classification of vices within Christian teachings. [1] According to the standard list, they are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth, which are contrary to the seven heavenly virtues . This classification originated with Tertullian and ...
The Roma constitute one of Romania's largest minorities. According to the 2011 Romanian census, they number 621,573 people or 3.08% of the total population, being the second-largest ethnic minority in Romania after Hungarians, with significant populations in Mureș (8.9%) and Călărași (7,47%) counties. There are different estimates about the ...
It is located in the western part of the county, in the Țara Călatei historical region of Transylvania, 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Huedin and 60 km (37 mi) west of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca. Călățele is crossed by national road DN1R [ ro ] , which connects it to Huedin and DN1 to the north and to Albac and DN75 [ ro ] to the south.
Râșnov ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrɨʃnov]; German: Rosenau; Hungarian: Barcarozsnyó; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Ruusenåå; [3] Latin: Rosnovia) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 15,920. It is located at about 15 km (9.3 mi) from the city of Brașov and about the same distance from Bran, on DN73, a ...
The region has four airports – Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Satu Mare and Baia Mare. Currently, Cluj-Napoca, Oradea and Satu Mare airports have international flights while Baia Mare airport is temporarily closed. Demographics. Romania's Nord-Vest development region has a total population of 2,600,132 (2011 Census). The region is one of the most ...
A massive bonfire of party records and propaganda burned for hours in the city square. By dusk, Securitate forces and the military surrounded the city center and disbanded the revolt by force. Though no one was killed, some 300 protesters were arrested. In the period that protesters were being detained they were tortured by state investigators ...