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unusual facts about Alba Iulia



Aurel Vlaicu

On return from Aspern he flew demonstration flights throughout Transylvania at Arad, Lugoj, Hațeg, Orăștie, Vršac, Alba Iulia, Săliște, Târgu Mureș and Dumbrăveni.

Fasole cu cârnaţi

Also a traditional Army dish, fasole cu cârnaţi is prepared by Army cooks and served freely to the crowds during the National Day celebrations (on 1 December) in Bucharest and Alba Iulia.

Marcello Squarcialupi

From Poschiavo, 1587, he wrote to the Senate in Alba Iulia, though it is not certain the letter was ever delivered.

Marcello Squarcialupi (Piombino c.1538-Alba Iulia 1599) was an Italian physician, astronomer, and Protestant exile in Basel, then a Unitarian exile in Transylvania.

Sândominic

Áron Márton (1896–1980), longstanding Roman Catholic bishop of Alba Iulia and tireless crusader against Romanian Communism.

Unirea, Alba

Unirea is located on the Mureş River, in the north-east corner of Alba County, approximately 50 km from the county capital, Alba Iulia, and 20 km from the town of Turda, on the Romanian National Road DN1.


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Apulon

The exact location is believed by many archaeologists to be the Dacian fortifications on top of Piatra Craivii, Craiva, Cricău, about 20 km north of Alba-Iulia.

Bible translations into Romanian

Before the publication of the Bucharest Bible (1688), other partial translations were published, like the Slavic-Romanian Gospel (1551), Coresi's Gospel (1561), The Braşov Psalm Book (1570), Palia from Orăştie (1582), The New Testament of Alba Iulia (1648) and others.

Demeter Naprágyi

He was a supporter of the Báthory family, as a result he was banished from Transylvania by the Diet of Gyulafehérvár (today: Alba Iulia, Romania) in January 1601.