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County of Romania
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Alba County is in Transylvania in Romania.
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Ski resort in the Șureanu mountains.
Székelykő Kúria
Great home made food in a wonderful setting, with a view of the mountains.
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Sibiu · International · SBZ
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Alba Carolina Fortress is a massive baroque fortification built in the 18th century, one of the largest of this kind in Eastern Europe
an important tourism centre for agrotourism, ecotourism and cultural tourism
a mountain trekking where you can visit waterfalls, peaks and lots of caves
home to the Muncel Monastery, a place of pilgrimage where on the second Sunday after Pentecost
the castle of the Bethlen dynasty is a popular tourist site near Blaj
home to the well-preserved Câlnic Citadel, a World Heritage Site, first mentioned in 1269
gold mining started during the Roman era, and finally ended in 2006
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Culture & historyThe Roman Empire was the greatest ancient empire of Europe. At the height of its power in 117 AD, it ruled over considerable parts of Europe, as well as much of North Africa and the Middle East.
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Culture & historyFrom the end of World War II in 1945 until the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, Europe was divided between two political blocs: east and west. The border was figuratively called the Iron Curtain.
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Travel tipsThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)), or Soviet Union, emerged as the successor state to the Russian Empire in 1917, and was dissolved in 1991.
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ItinerariesThe Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, with a length of 2,850 km (1,770 mi). It begins in the Black Forest in Germany and flows east to the Black Sea, forming the Danube Delta on its western coast.
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