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Braşov is a city in Transylvania and the capital of Braşov County, with a population of 228,000(aprox), according to the 2011 census, is the 8th largest Romanian city.
Braşov has been until 1920 the most south-eastern City in the Austrian Empire.
Sights
Biserica Neagră ("The Black Church"), a celebrated Gothic site - the building dates from 1477, when it replaced an older church (demolished around 1385). Its acquired the name after being blackened by smoke from the 1689 great fire.
-Casa Sfatului ("The mayor's former office building"). Here was the administration from Braşov for more than 500 years.
-Biserica Sf. Nicolae (St. Nicholas Church), dating back to the 14th century.
-The First Romanian School, a museum with the first Romanian printing press among many other firsts.
Şchei, the historically Bulgarian and then Romanian neighborhood outside of the old walled city.
-The Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, built in 1896.
-Muzeul Prima Carte Românească, a museum exhibiting the first book printed in the Romanian language.
Tâmpa, a small mountain in the middle of the city (900m above sea level), a sightseeing spot near the old city center.
-The "Braşov Citadel Fortress" - Cetăţuia Braşovului
-The nearby Bran Castle, attracting many fans of Dracula, and often (but incorrectly) said to have been the home of Vlad the Impaler.
-Poiana Braşov, mainly a ski resort, but also a sightseeing spot.
-Râşnov Fortress, above the nearby town of Râşnov, is a restored peasant fortress
-Prejmer Fortress, in the nearby town of Prejmer
External links: Beautiful images from Brasov: geografilia.blogspot.com/2010/11/orasele-romaniei-ep-6-...
Brasov is one of the seven cities of germ version of Transylvania - Sieben Burgen, of the county. Population about. 276 000 inhabitants ie [8th city of Romania.
unicipiul Brasov county, situated at an altitude of 625 m, is located in the Barsa Depression, the curvature of the Carpathians, backed Postăvaru Mare Massif, bordered on three sides by hills Tampa, Straja (Warthe) and Citadel Hill. Administrative territory of Brasov fall in the southern part of Brasov Depression, to contact mountain frame, ie internal flow of the Eastern Carpathians.
At only 12 km from Brasov, Poiana Brasov resort, part of Brasov city administratively, is located on the northern slope of the Massif Postăvaru (Cristian Great tip-1799m), the curvature of the Carpathians, is currently the most more complex winter sports resort in the country. Poiana Brasov is surrounded by resorts and chalets situated along the Prahova Valley and the Timis and Bucegi also along the valley Gârbovi, Piatra Mare and sect.
Format the first decades of the thirteenth century, the progress of existing old Romanian settlements within existing urban precincts, Brasov became the city before the great invasion of 1241. It was mentioned first in 1235 in Ninivensis Catalogus, where registered as "Corona".
Brasov is still XIV century the most important settlement in the Barsa Depression and one of the largest urban areas in Transylvania. Gradually, he defines as a powerful functional concentration in terms of craft production, is a large shopping center with a large hinterland, which included large parts of the country were Romanian and Moldova, is also the cultural center.
By World War I, the internal functional structure of Brasov is shaping the transport and miscellaneous areas and residential areas and expand the cultural, administrative and commercial. Between the two world wars is a development of the explosive character of Brasov, both in the functions, the number of inhabitants (84 557) and in the expansion of the territory. After the end of World War II, when the Communists came to power, knowing Brasov especially industrial development, thus an increase in population through migration of labor from different parts of Romania.
Today we can say that Brasov, position and activity, is a European city with complex and well defined, especially in tourism, which has a multitude of targets, both anthropogenic and natural.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOPlpOATYw
www.brasovcity.ro/
www.brasov.ro/
Braşov is a city in Transylvania and the capital of Braşov County, with a population of 228,000(aprox), according to the 2011 census, is the 8th largest Romanian city.
Braşov has been until 1920 the most south-eastern City in the Austrian Empire.
Sights
Biserica Neagră ("The Black Church"), a celebrated Gothic site - the building dates from 1477, when it replaced an older church (demolished around 1385). Its acquired the name after being blackened by smoke from the 1689 great fire.
-Casa Sfatului ("The mayor's former office building"). Here was the administration from Braşov for more than 500 years.
-Biserica Sf. Nicolae (St. Nicholas Church), dating back to the 14th century.
-The First Romanian School, a museum with the first Romanian printing press among many other firsts.
Şchei, the historically Bulgarian and then Romanian neighborhood outside of the old walled city.
-The Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, built in 1896.
-Muzeul Prima Carte Românească, a museum exhibiting the first book printed in the Romanian language.
Tâmpa, a small mountain in the middle of the city (900m above sea level), a sightseeing spot near the old city center.
-The "Braşov Citadel Fortress" - Cetăţuia Braşovului
-The nearby Bran Castle, attracting many fans of Dracula, and often (but incorrectly) said to have been the home of Vlad the Impaler.
-Poiana Braşov, mainly a ski resort, but also a sightseeing spot.
-Râşnov Fortress, above the nearby town of Râşnov, is a restored peasant fortress
-Prejmer Fortress, in the nearby town of Prejmer
External links: Beautiful images from Brasov: geografilia.blogspot.com/2010/11/orasele-romaniei-ep-6-...
Brasov is one of the seven cities of germ version of Transylvania - Sieben Burgen, of the county. Population about. 276 000 inhabitants ie [8th city of Romania.
unicipiul Brasov county, situated at an altitude of 625 m, is located in the Barsa Depression, the curvature of the Carpathians, backed Postăvaru Mare Massif, bordered on three sides by hills Tampa, Straja (Warthe) and Citadel Hill. Administrative territory of Brasov fall in the southern part of Brasov Depression, to contact mountain frame, ie internal flow of the Eastern Carpathians.
At only 12 km from Brasov, Poiana Brasov resort, part of Brasov city administratively, is located on the northern slope of the Massif Postăvaru (Cristian Great tip-1799m), the curvature of the Carpathians, is currently the most more complex winter sports resort in the country. Poiana Brasov is surrounded by resorts and chalets situated along the Prahova Valley and the Timis and Bucegi also along the valley Gârbovi, Piatra Mare and sect.
Format the first decades of the thirteenth century, the progress of existing old Romanian settlements within existing urban precincts, Brasov became the city before the great invasion of 1241. It was mentioned first in 1235 in Ninivensis Catalogus, where registered as "Corona".
Brasov is still XIV century the most important settlement in the Barsa Depression and one of the largest urban areas in Transylvania. Gradually, he defines as a powerful functional concentration in terms of craft production, is a large shopping center with a large hinterland, which included large parts of the country were Romanian and Moldova, is also the cultural center.
By World War I, the internal functional structure of Brasov is shaping the transport and miscellaneous areas and residential areas and expand the cultural, administrative and commercial. Between the two world wars is a development of the explosive character of Brasov, both in the functions, the number of inhabitants (84 557) and in the expansion of the territory. After the end of World War II, when the Communists came to power, knowing Brasov especially industrial development, thus an increase in population through migration of labor from different parts of Romania.
Today we can say that Brasov, position and activity, is a European city with complex and well defined, especially in tourism, which has a multitude of targets, both anthropogenic and natural.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOPlpOATYw
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braşov
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°38'43"N 25°35'52"E
- Sibiu 122 km
- Târgu Mureş 139 km
- Galaţi 183 km
- Cluj-Napoca 207 km
- Hunedoara 222 km
- Iaşi 226 km
- Suceava 236 km
- Satu Mare 324 km
- Dunaivtsi Raion 381 km
- Mukacheve City Hromada 391 km
- The Medieval City of Brasov (the walled city Korona/Kronstadt) 0.7 km
- Forest 1 km
- Tâmpa mountain 1.3 km
- Valea Cetăţii neighbourhood 1.5 km
- Old Peak Hill 1.9 km
- Schei & Prund neighbourhoods 2.3 km
- "Holy Trinity" Cemetery 2.4 km
- Forest 2.5 km
- Postăvarul Mountains 6.9 km
- Brașov County 23 km
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