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The Lutheran Cathedral of Saint Mary ( German: Evangelische Stadtpfarrkirche in Hermannstadt, Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică din Sibiu) is the most famous Gothic-style church in Sibiu ( German: Hermannstadt ), Transylvania, central Romania. Its massive 73.34 m high steeple is a landmark of the city. The four turrets situated on top of the ...
The "ASTRA" Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization (Romanian: Muzeul Civilizaţiei Populare Tradiţionale "ASTRA") is located in the Dumbrava Forest, 3 km south of Sibiu, on the road towards Răşinari, and is easily accessible by car, bus or tramway. Occupying an area of 0.96 square kilometres, it is the largest open-air museum in Romania and ...
45°44′46″N 24°05′56″E / . 45.746°N 24.099°E. / 45.746; 24.099. [1] Area. 96 hectares (240 acres) [2] Established. 2000. The Dumbrava Sibiului Natural Park ( Romanian: Parcul Natural Dumbrava Sibiului) ( natural park category V IUCN) is a protected area situated in central Romania, in Sibiu County, in administrative territory ...
The Mobila were a tribe of Native Americans that inhabited Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. It is believed they are descended from the inhabitants of the village of Mabila destroyed by Hernando De Soto in 1540.
Sarmizegetusa Regia (also known as Sarmisegetusa, Sarmisegethusa, Sarmisegethuza; Ancient Greek: Ζαρμιζεγεθούσα, romanized : Zarmizegethoúsa) was the capital and the most important military, religious and political centre of the Dacians before the wars with the Roman Empire. Built on top of a 1200 m high mountain, the fortress ...
Ocna Sibiului ( German: Salzburg; Hungarian: Vízakna) is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km to the north-west of the county capital Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea ( Tschapertsch; Toporcsa ). At the 2011 census, 89.4% of inhabitants were Romanians and 9.7% Hungarians .
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Nicolae Ceaușescu ( / tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː / chow-SHESK-oo, Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ, 26 January [ O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and statesman. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania.