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Alba IuliaThe 3rd gate of Alba Iulia fortress

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Alba IuliaRomanian Orthodox Cathedral, early 20th century

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Alba Iulia

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Alba IuliaThe Roman Catholic Cathedral, 13th century, tower 17th century

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Alba IuliaThe Prefecture

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Alba Iulia

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Alba Iulia, The Cathedral of Reunification

Also known as the Cathedral of Coronation, this architectural structure is the artistic expression of the Romanian unity and was built by the act from 1918 in Alba Iulia

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Alba IuliaThe Episcopal Cathedral of Alba Iulia and the statue of Michael the Brave

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Alba IuliaEthnographic Exhibition in the Hall of the Union

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Monastery “Sub Piatrã” (in Stone)

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Sighişoara

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Sighişoara

the house where Vlad the Impaler was allegedly born

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Sighisoara

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Sighişoara

The bell clock tower - famous landmark in Transylvania Romania

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Sighişoara

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Sighişoara

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Sighişoara

Sighişoara is considered to be the most beautiful and well preserved inhabited citadel in Europe, with an authentic medieval architecture

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BiertanFortified Church.

Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993

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Saxon Fortified Church of Biertan, Near Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania.For a few hundred years, the citadel of Biertan was the residence of the Lutheran bishops

BiertanFortified Church.

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BiertanFortified Church.

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BiertanFortified Church.

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BiertanFortified Church.

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Constanţa

The Casino

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Constanţa

Carol I Mosque (1912)

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Constanţa

The National History and Archaeology Museum

Publius Ovidius Naso

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The Hamangia culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Dobruja (Romania and Bulgaria) between the Danube and the Black Sea and Muntenia and in the south. It is named after the site of Baia-Hamangia, discovered in 1952 along Lake Golovita.

Constanţa

The National History and Archaeology Museum

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ConstantaRoman building with

mosaic

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Bran Castle

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Bran Castle The castle was founded in 1378, on the top of a hill.

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Bran Castle In the past it used to be customs frontier between Romanian country and Transylvania, also having a strategic role in the supervision of the passage

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The Peasant Fortress at Rasnov Belonging to the larger family of fortified Saxon strongholds, Rasnov is a hilltop fort, the most representative of this kind in Romania.

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The Peasant Fortress at Râşnov

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The Peasant Fortress at Râşnov

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Sarmisegetuza RegiaThe Dacians capital’s defensive system includes six Dacian fortresses — Sarmizegetusa, Costești-Blidaru, Piatra Roșie, Costeşti-Cetățuie, Căpâlna and Băniţa. All 6 have been named UNESCO World heritage sites.

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Sarmisegetuza RegiaThe sanctuaries at Sarmizegetusa Regia, the capital of ancient Dacia (modern Romania)

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Sturza CastleMiclãuşeni

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The fortified church of Viscri, a World Heritage Site. Originally built around 1100, it was taken over by the Saxons in 1185 and enlarged and fortified in 1525 and again in the 17th century.

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The fortified church of Viscri

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The fortified church of Viscri

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The fortified church of Viscri

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The fortified church of Viscri

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The fortified church of Viscri

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The fortified church of Viscri

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The Fãgãraș Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Fãgãrașului) is a historic monument in Fãgãraș, Romania.

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