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 Travel Guide Romania - Hunedoara County
The church of Saint Michael, in the village of Gurasada, was built in the second half of the 13th century and painted in 1765 by John of Deva and Nicholas of Pitesti.
In the town of Hunedoara, there is the imposing Castle of Corvin Family, one of the best preserved mediaeval buildings in the south-eastern part of Europe.
In the municipality of Deva, the capital city of this county, there is a major tourist attraction: The Magna Curia Castle, built in the 16th century, which is now the Museum of the Dacian and Roman Civilization.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Castle of Vajdahunyad
The Castle of Vajdahunyad, also known as Hunyad Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniazilor) is a castle in present-day Hunedoara, Romania.
The Castle of Vajdahunyad is a castle in present-day Hunedoara, Romania.
In the 14th century, the castle was given to Sorb by the German-Roman emperor and Hungarian king Sigismund as severance.
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 Hunedoara County - Definition, explanation
Hunedoara (Hungarian: Hunyad) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Deva (population: 77,259).
Hunedoara county lies în South-Western Transylvania, bordered by Apuseni Mountains (North), Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South-East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South-West) and crossed by Mures, Rau Mare, Strei, Crisul Alb and Jiu rivers, with large depressions such as Zarand and Hateg.
After the Roman conquest, the capital of Dacia province was also established here, in Hateg depression, named Colonia Augusta Ulpia Traiana Dacica Sarmizegetusa, last name after the former Dacian capital.
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  Accommodation in Hunedoara county, Romania
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Pensiunea Venus (doua margarete) se afla in judetul Hunedoara, in frumoasa Tara a Hategului, pe ruinele vechii capitale a provinciei daco-romane, la Sarmizegetusa.
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 Hunedoara (county) Details, Meaning Hunedoara (county) Article and Explanation Guide
Hunedoara is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Deva (population: 77,259).
Hunedoara county lies în South-Western Transylvania, bordered by Apuseni Mountains (North), Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South- East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South- West) and crossed by Mures, Rau Mare, Strei, Crisul Alb and Jiu rivers, with large depressions such as Zarand and Hateg.
During the Middle Ages, in the town of Hunedoara, the Corvins, a powerful Romanian feudal family from Transylvania, part of which is King Mathias of Hungary, founded the most important Gothic style secular building in Romania - The Corvins Castle.
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  Hunedoara, Romania
Hunedoara (Hungarian: Vajdahunyad, German: Eisenmarkt) is a city in Hunedoara county, Transylvania, Romania.
The city of Hunedoara has the most important Gothic-style secular building in Romania: the castle, which is closely connnected with the Hunyadi family.
During the 20th century, Hunedoara increased its population to 86,000 inhabitants.
www.creekin.net /c537-n152-hunedoara-romania.html   (213 words)

  
 Hunedoara County   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hunedoara (IPA: [hu.ne.'dwa.ra]; Hungarian: Hunyad) is a county (Judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva.
Arad County, Timiş County and Caraş-Severin County in the West.
In the 1990s, a large amount of mines were closed down, leaving Hunedoara county with the highest unemployment rate in Romania, of 9.6%, in comparison to the national average of 5.5%.
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 Gorj County
It is mentioned under the name of Gorjiu, used for the county stretching on the hills and mountains along the Upper Jiu at the end of the 15th century (1497).
It borders on Hunedoara county to the north, Caras-Severin county to the north-west and Valcea, Dolj and Mehedinti counties to the east, south-east and south-west.
The major waterway basin of Gorj county includes the river Jiu (its middle course) that flows in its territory from the Lainici Pass to the junction with the river Gilort.
www.licnov.go.ro /html/gorj_county.html   (569 words)

  
 Ialomita   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ialomiţa is a county (judeţ) in the South-East of Romania, in the Eastern Wallachia region, with the capital city at Slobozia (population: 56,913).
Brăila County, Buzău County and Prahova County in the North.
The county is situated in the Bărăgan Plain, all the area is flat crossed by small rivers with small but deep valleys.
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 Hunedoara County
Hunedoara is a county (Judeţ) in Western Romania, in South-Western Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva (population: 77,259).
Arad County, Timiş; County and Caraş-Severin County in the West.
Romanians represent 92% of the county's population, the rest are Hungarians - 5%, Rromas (Gypsy) - 2% and Germans under 1%.
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 Science Fair Projects - Hunedoara (county)
Hunedoara (Hungarian: Hunyad) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Deva (population: 77,259).
Hunedoara county lies în South-Western Transylvania, bordered by Apuseni Mountains (North), Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South-East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South-West) and crossed by Mures, Rau Mare, Strei, Crisul Alb and Jiu rivers, with large depressions such as Zarand and Hateg.
During the Middle Ages, in the town of Hunedoara, the Corvins, a powerful Romanian feudal family from Transylvania, part of which is King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, founded the most important Gothic style secular building in Romania - The Corvins Castle.
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 Gorj:
Mehedinţi County and Caraş-Severin County in the West.
In the North of the county coal is extracted, near Motru and Rovinari.
The county is the biggest electricity producer in Romania with 36% af the country's electricity.
www.winelib.com /wiki/Gorj   (300 words)

  
 Hunedoara Budget Romania accommodation in Romania tourism ANTREC
Situated in the central-western Romania, on the Mures River, the county of Hunedoara is crossed by the Strei River, Crisul Alb River and Jiu River.
Deva: the capital of the county of Hunedora, with its touristic objectives: the Fortress, the Magna Curia Castle, where the County Museum is now located, the statue of Decebal (king of the Dacian people), the statue of Traian (the Roman emperor), the Franciscan Monastery.
In the south-west of Hunedoara, you can visit a very picturesque area inhabited by a group of people called woodlanders, a very rich ethnographic area that is famous for its rich popular costumes and traditions.
www.antrec.ro /en-15-antrec-hunedoara.html   (595 words)

  
 COMPLEX TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HUNEDOARA COUNTY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hunedoara County owns a complex set of telecommunications resources of national and regional level.
Geographic position of County in Romania is shown on fig.2.  On the surface of 7,025 square km there are about 0.55 millions inhabitants distributed in next proportion: 71 % lives in urban regions and the rest of 29% - in rural one.
The structure of Regional TMS for Hunedoara County is based on generic model of TMN recommended in ITU-T standards of series M (fig.
www.syscom.md /projects/RomTmn/eng/RomTMN_HD.htm   (960 words)

  
 CITY OF LUPENI | The City in View
Lupeni holds an important place within the geographical and environmental aspects of the Jiu Valley and Hunedoara County, being located on the West side of the Jiu Valley, at an altitude of 675-725m.
The administrative territory of Lupeni is part of the Jiu Valley group of towns, and is situated in the proximity of the south west corner of Hunedoara County.
The city of Lupeni is one of the mountain towns in Hunedoara county, with an annual average temperature of 8 - 10°C. The Petrosani area has an annual rainfall of 700 mm.
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 Romania Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
8: GIURGIU (Giurgiu County) and the suroounding areas are the palce where Vlad Tepes fighted with the Ottoman Army in 1462 (the sultans’s messanger was caught here and killed, and the fortress was conquered and burnt).
The fortress from the islet mentioned by the chronicles was built in the end of the 14th century.
Vlad Tepes was prisoner for a while in the old Royal castrum (from the beginning of the 15th century), transformes and extended in a Gothic style by Iancu of Hunedoara (in the middle of the 15th century).
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 Deva
Under Voevode (Duke) John Huniady[?] (Iancu de Hunedoara or Ioan Corvinul in Romanian, Ioannus Corvinus in Latin, Janos Huniady in Hungarian), Deva became an important military and administrative centre.
In 1621 Prince Gabriel Bethlen[?] transformed and extended the Magna Curia Palace[?] (also known as the Bethlen Castle) in Renaissance style.
Today, Deva is the capital of Hunedoara County, with almost 100,000 inhabitants, including the subordinated villages.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/Deva.html   (278 words)

  
 GORJ County   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Having a special natural potential as wonderful mountain landscapes, meadows with flowers, century-old forests, ice lakes, narrow pathes, quays, caves, clear rivers and valuable historic and artistically treasures, the Gorj county is one of the most attractive tourist zones in Romania.
The town of Brancusi's monuments, the municipality of Targu Jiu is the capital city of this county.
In fact in any place of the Gorj county the tourists meet something to be admired.
www.clubromania.ro /romania/counties/gorj/index.htm   (899 words)

  
 Istoria orasului   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Situated in one of the most picturesque and rich agricultural regions of the Hunedoara County, it is located in the homonymous passage, at a northern latitude of 45°47'30" and eastern longitude of 23°11'30".
In 1504 Stefan olahul, father of the Romanian humanist scholar Nicolaus Olahus, was elected as county lord of Orastie.
In the same year, 1894, the Prefect of the Hunedoara County proposed the moving of the Regiment 64 to Orastie, and its replacement with a Hungarian regiment, "in order not to let it in an immediate contact with the Romanian instigators".
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 Romania's Hunedoara County launches EU representation in Brussels / News / Information / Services / Romania - Civica
Mircea Ioan Molot, the President of Hunedoara County in Romania, will celebrate the inauguration of the region's EU representation during a reception at the European Parliament on 12 July.
Hunedoara, located in the central-western part of Romania, within the province of Transylvania, has a population of almost 500,000 and boasts a diverse economy with strong sectors in iron and steel, mining, chemicals, engineering, textiles, agriculture and tourism.
Aurel Trandafir, Brussels representative of the National Union of County Councils of Romania, said two Dutch provinces had already been in touch and that he hoped other EU regions would follow their example by contacting the association's President, Liviu Nicolae Dragnea (tel: +40.247.316.077, fax: +40.247.312.494, e-mail: dragnea@cjteleorman.ro).
ro.civica.cc /services/information/news/romania_s_hunedoara_county_launches_eu_representation_in_brussels   (268 words)

  
 Consiliul Judetean Hunedoara
Located in the Central-Western part of Romania, in the historical province of Transylvania, Hunedoara County represents a special importance for Romania.
The fact that the capitals of ancient Dacia, as well as that of the roman province Dacia, are located within the territory of Hunedoara County, at a distance of only 100 km, is only a game of history.
As a consequence, it is not mistaken to mention that Hunedoara County is the essence of modern Romania, from these lands the Romanian people created their own destiny.
www.cjhunedoara.ro /index.php?lg=en   (187 words)

  
 Hunedoara County Home Page
(Judet,ul Hunedoara) is situated in the centre-west Romania in the province of Transylvania and has an area of 2,712 sq mi (7,063 sq km) and a population of over half million people.
Lying on the mid Mures-river course the county is guarded by the Western Transylvanian Alps (Apuseni Mountains) in the North, Orãstiei and S,urianu mountains in the South-East, the Retezat Mountains, the Godeanu, Vâlcan and Parâng Mountains in the South and the Poiana Ruscãi Mountains in the South-West.
became a royal county at the border between the Principality of Transylvania and the Banat region.
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 lien_PTA_Romania
The purpose is to identify technical requirements and broad cost estimates for each phase of every proposed intervention (from initial conservation to full rehabilitation) required at each building or site identified in the PIL of each country.
The Church “The Holy Emperors Constantin and Elena“, Târgovişte municipality, Dâmboviţa county, 7A Constantin Brâncoveanu Str.
The Fortress of Oradea, Oradea municipality, Bihor county
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 Livada | Orphan Mentor Apartments   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The highest level of education achieved by most children was secondary school, although Romani students had lower rates of attendance at all levels of education.
Only some of these cases were solved, such as the one in Cehei, in which the CNCD fined the school authorities who subsequently renounced the segregation decision.
In September in Macin (Tulcea county), the prefect intervened after a local advocate for the Roma submitted a complaint and threatened to fine all teachers who tried to segregate Romani children at the beginning of the school year.
www.livada.org /rights.html   (1934 words)

  
 Hunedoara (county)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hunedoara county lies înSouth-Western Transylvania, bordered by Apuseni Mountains (North), Orastieand Surianu Mountains (South- East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South- West) and crossed by Mures, RauMare, Strei, Crisul Alb and Jiu rivers, with large depressions such as Zarand and Hateg.
Retezat National Park and otherpictoresque regions makes it one of the most beautiful counties in Romania.
During the Middle Ages, in the town of Hunedoara, the Corvins, a powerful Romanian feudal family fromTransylvania, part of which is King Mathias of Hungary, founded the most important Gothic style secular building in Romania - The CorvinsCastle.
www.therfcc.org /hunedoara-county--75550.html   (265 words)

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