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The Best Attractions In Ocna Sibiului

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Ocna Sibiului is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km to the north-west of the county capital Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea . At the 2011 census, 89.4% of inhabitants were Romanians and 9.7% Hungarians.
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  • 1. Ocna Sibiului Salt Mine Ocna Sibiului
    The Ocna Sibiului mine is a large salt mine located in central Romania in Sibiu County, close to Ocna Sibiului. Ocna Sibiului represents one of the largest salt reserves in Romania having estimated reserves of 61 billion tonnes of NaCl.
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  • 4. Vidraru Dam Curtea De Arges
    Lake Vidraru is an artificial lake in Romania. It was created in 1965 by the construction of the Vidraru Dam on the Argeș River. It lies in the shadow of the Făgăraș Mountains. A village lies submerged at the bottom of this lake. Vidraru Lake is a reservoir lake created in 1965 on the Arges River for Hydroelectricity. It has 465 million cubic metres of water, with a length of 10.3 km and a width of 2.2 km, thus accumulating a total area of 870 hectares and maximum depth of 155 metres. An underground power station is situated in a massive Cetatuia to a depth of 104 metres and can provide annual energy production of 400 GWh. In an average hydrological year, Vidraru hydroelectric power plant, can produce approximately 400 GWh of electricity. It has an installed capacity of 220 MW. Mount P...
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  • 5. Sarmizegetusa Regia Sarmizegetusa
    Sarmizegetusa Regia, also Sarmisegetusa, Sarmisegethusa, Sarmisegethuza, Ζαρμιζεγεθούσα or Ζερμιζεγεθούση , was the capital and the most important military, religious and political centre of the Dacians prior to the wars with the Roman Empire. Erected on top of a 1200 m high mountain, the fortress, comprising six citadels, was the core of a strategic defensive system in the Orăştie Mountains . Sarmizegetusa Regia should not be confused with Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the Roman capital of Dacia built by Roman Emperor Trajan some 40 km away, which was not the Dacian capital. Sarmizegetusa Ulpia was discovered earlier, was known already in the early 1900s, and was initially mistaken for the Dacian capital, a confusion which led to incorrect conclusions being ma...
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  • 6. The Fortified Church of Biertan Biertan
    Transylvania is a historical region in central and northwestern Romania. It was part of the Dacian Kingdom , Roman Dacia , the Hunnic Empire , the Kingdom of the Gepids , the Avar Khaganate and the 9th century First Bulgarian Empire. During the late 9th century, western Transylvania was reached by the Hungarian conquerors and later it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary, formed in 1000. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526 it belonged to the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, from which the Principality of Transylvania emerged. During most of the 16th and 17th centuries, the principality was a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire; however, the principality had dual suzerainty . In 1690, the Habsburgs gained possession of Transylvania through the Hungarian crown. After 1711 Habsburg control of Trans...
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  • 7. Cozia Monastery Calimanesti
    Cozia Monastery, erected close to Călimănești by Mircea the Elder in 1388 and housing his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania.
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