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List Of Fortications In Wallachia ...
This is a list of forts in Wallachia, southern Romania. Stone citadels Earthen citadels {, class="wikitable" , - ! Name !! County !! Built , - , Frumoasa , , Teleorman , , 14th century , - , Crăciuna , , Vrancea , , 13th–14th centuries , - , Cerven (Roșiorii de Vede) , , Teleorman , , 13th–14th centuries Fortified royal courts * Câmpulung * Curtea de Argeș * Târgoviște * Bucharest Fortified villages * Coconi * Basarabi * Rușii de Vede See also * List of fortified churches in Transylvania * List of castles in Romania References * Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino, ''Cetăți Medievale din Țara Românească'', Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1981 Wallachia Fortifications Fortifications A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrancea County
Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and a population density of . * Romanians – over 98% * Romani, others – 2% Geography Vrancea County's area is of . A curvedly shaped mountainous area, known in Romanian as the '' Carpații de Curbură'', lies in the western part of the county, at the Southern end of the Eastern Carpathians, with heights over . To the East, the heights decrease into hilly areas and the lower valley of the Siret River. The main tributary of the Siret, which crosses the county, is the Putna River. Seismic hazard The territory of Vrancea County is the most seismically active zone of Romania, with yearly earthquakes whose focal depths are between and therefore affect wide regions. The earthquakes with the epicenter in Vrancea are caused by the movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forts In Romania
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe I
Gheorghe is a Romanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to: Given name * Gheorghe Adamescu * Gheorghe Albu * Gheorghe Alexandrescu * Gheorghe Andriev * Gheorghe Apostol * Gheorghe Apostoleanu * Gheorghe Argeşanu * Gheorghe Arsenescu * Gheorghe Asachi * Gheorghe Băgulescu * Gheorghe Balș * Gheorghe Bănciulescu * Gheorghe Banu * Gheorghe Barbu * Gheorghe Benga * Gheorghe Bengescu * Gheorghe Bibescu * Gheorghe Bogdan-Duică * Gheorghe Brăescu * Gheorghe Brega * Gheorghe Briceag * Gheorghe Bucur * Gheorghe Buruiană * Gheorghe Buzatu * Gheorghe Buzdugan * Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa * Gheorghe Călugăreanu * Gheorghe Caranda * Gheorghe Cardaș * Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino * Gheorghe Cartianu-Popescu * Gheorghe Catrina * Gheorghe Cialâk * Gheorghe Cipăianu * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru * Gheorghe Cosma * Gheorghe Danielov * Gheorghe Dănilă * Gheorghe Derussi * Gheorghe Dinică * Gheorghe Duca * Gheorg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Castles In Romania
This is a list of castles and fortresses declared historic monuments by Romania's Ministry of Culture. Banat ; Caraș-Severin (6) * Bey's Fortress, Socolari * Caransebeș Fortress, Caransebeș * Cuiești Fortress, Bocșa * Ladislau Fortress, Coronini * Mehadia Fortress, Mehadia * Turk's Fortress (''Turski Grad''), Carașova ; Timiș (10) * Ciacova Fortress, Ciacova * Făget Fortress, Făget * Huniade Castle, Timișoara * Jdioara Fortress, Jdioara * Karátsonyi Castle, Banloc * Margina Fortress, Margina * Castle of Count de Mercy, Carani * Morisena Fortress, Cenad * Nákó Castle, Sânnicolau Mare * Timișoara Fortress, Timișoara Bukovina ; Suceava (3) * Șcheia Fortress, Suceava * Princely Fortress, Suceava * Seat Fortress of Suceava, Suceava Crișana ; Arad (22) * Agrișu Mare Fortress, Agrișu Mare * Arad Fortress, Arad * Bohus Castle, Șiria * Csernovics Castle, Macea * Dezna Fortress, Dezna * Hălmagiu Fortress, Hălmagiu * Hindec Fortress, Covăsâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fortified Churches In Transylvania
The following is a list of fortified churches in Transylvania. Southeastern Transylvania in Romania has one of the highest numbers of still-existing fortified churches, which were built during the 13th to 16th centuries, a period during which Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire was rising. Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania. UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2010 More than 150 villages in the area count various types of fortified churches, seven of them being included in the UNESCO under the name of '' |
Castra Of Basarabi-Murfatlar
The castra of Basarabi was a defensive fort in the Roman province of Moesia. Neither the date of its erection or its abandonment have been determined. Its ruins are located in Murfatlar (Romania). See also *List of castra Castra (Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in various places of Europe, Asia and Africa. The largest castra were permanent legionary fortresses. Locations The disposition ... Notes External linksRoman castra from Romania - Google MapsEarth Roman legionary fortresses in Romania History of Dobruja Historic monuments in Constanța County {{Dacia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Târgoviște
Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the most important cities in the history of Wallachia, as it was its capital between the early 15th and 16th centuries. At the 2011 census, the city had a population of 79,610 people, making it the 26th largest in the country. Name The name ''Târgoviște'' is a Slavic name which the city acquired in the Middle Ages. It is derived from the old Slavonic word for "marketplace", referring to the place rather than the market itself. The name is found in placenames not only in South Slavic areas (Bulgarian Targovishte, Търговище, Serbian Trgovište, Трговиште and Croatian ''Veliko Trgovišće''), but also in West Slavic such as Slovak ''Trhovište'' or Polish ''Targowica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Targowica''. Additionally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtea De Argeș
Curtea de Argeș () is a municipality in Romania on the left bank of the river Argeș, where it flows through a valley of the Southern Carpathians (the Făgăraș Mountains), on the railway from Pitești to the Turnu Roșu Pass. It is part of Argeș County. The city also administers one village, Noapteș. On July 7, 1947, the total rainfall in Curtea de Argeș was in 20 minutes, which is a world record. Etymology and names The present name, literally ''The Court upon (river) Argeș'', refers to the former status of the town as the capital of Wallachia. Some historians identify the Argeș River with ancient " Ordessos", however the name is unlikely to be derived from this name. The oldest Slavonic documents use an "Arghiș" form, which might suggest a Cuman or Pecheneg etymology, from the root ''arghiš'' ("higher ground", "heights"). The original name was Argeș, which was then used for the name of the river as well. History Capital of Wallachia One of the oldes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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