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According to the 2021 census, with 237,589 inhabitants, Brașov is the 6th most populous city in Romania. [2] [6] The metropolitan area was home to 371,802 residents. [2] Brașov is located in the central part of the country, about 166 km (103 mi) north of Bucharest and 380 km (236 mi) from the Black Sea.
The square at night. The square is around number 1 in this map of 17th-century Brașov. The square in 1910. The Council Square ( Piața Sfatului in Romanian, former Marktplatz in German, Főtér or Tanács tér in Hungarian) is located in the historic centre of Brașov, Romania. [1] It obtained its right to hold markets in 1520, but it has been ...
Peleș Castle ( Romanian: Castelul Peleșpronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ⓘ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883.
Following World War I, Brașov, along with entire Transylvania, became part of the enlarged Kingdom of Romania. Delegate mayors. Dr. Carol Schnell (delegate mayor), 1918–1926; Emil Socaciu (delegate mayor), 1926; Mayors. Dr. Constantin Moga, 1926–1928; start of local administration in the Romanian language
Labor uprisings sprouted in the major industrial centers of Cluj-Napoca (November 1986) and Nicolina, Iași (February 1987), culminating in a massive strike in Brașov, one of the largest cities in Romania. Ceaușescu's draconian economic measures sought to curb food and energy consumption and reduce worker's wages.
Concrete [1] [2] Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport ( Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Brașov-Ghimbav, IATA: GHV, [3] ICAO: LRBV) is an airport located in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania. It is the first airport to be built in Romania in the last 50 years, [4] and the 17th commercial airport in the country. Flights commenced on 15 June 2023.
The Battle of Brașov ( German: Schlacht bei Kronstadt; Hungarian: Brassói csata) was fought on July 17, 1603, between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Șerban and the Habsburg monarchy on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side. Mózes Székely was killed on the battlefield, and the Wallachian lord ...
Poiana Brașov (Romanian pronunciation: [poˈjana braˈʃov], German: Schulerau; Hungarian: Brassópojána) is a neighborhood of Brașov and a Romanian ski resort.. After the 2010s modernization, the ski area has expanded from 50 hectares (120 acres) to 80 hectares (200 acres) and the slope’s length increased from 13.8 km (8.6 mi) to 23.9 km (14.9 mi).