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Alba Iulia (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 46 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.0667 decimal degrees |
Long: 023 33 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.5500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site was established as a Roman military camp, was adjacent to a very important city in Roman Dacia; Michael the Brave united Walachia, Transylvania & Moldavia in 1599, & town became center of Romanian nationalism. |
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Alba Iulia (preferred,C,V)
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............ | use of this name first documented in 1097 |
Alba Julia (C,V)
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Karlsburg (B,O)
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Carlsburg (C,V)
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Gyulafehérvár (C,O)
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Bălgrad (H,O)
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............ | Slavic name, used 9th-11th cen. |
Apulum (H,V)
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............ | Roman name, though ruins of town that actually bore this name are 6 miles from modern town |
Alba Carolina (H,O)
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Alba transsilvana (H,O)
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Alba ultrasilvana (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Alba (county) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established by Romans |
town (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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capital (H) |
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of Transylvania, 16th-17th cen. |
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