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Alba Iulia (Romania, Alba)

Municipiul Alba Iulia

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Overview

The city of Alba Iulia (71,168 inhabitants) is located in Transylvania, 380 km from Bucharest, 100 km from Cluj and 240 km from Arad, on the first terrace of the river Mures. The city, known for its vineyards, is often considered as the cultural and spiritual capital city of Romania. Alba Iulia is today mostly inhabited by Orthodox (86%) but 35 other religions are practised in the city.

Remains of Dacian hovels dated c. 100 BC were found in Alba Iulia. The Dacians were a people of Thracian origin, called "Dakoi" by the Greeks and "Daci" by the Romans. The Dacian civilisation was highly elaborate: they believed in the immortality of the soul and formed a society divided into two classes, the aristocrats ("pilleati", wearing a hat) and the proletarians ("capillati", bearing long hair). The Dacians knew how to harness horses, build roads and exploit mines of gold, silver, iron and salt in Transylvania. A powerful Dacian kingdom was constituted in the IInd century BC. The wealth of Dacia and its increasing military power incited the Romans to attack the Dac