European inland wonders

Transylvania region of Romania is known worldwide after the Dracula legend. To learn the truth about Dracula, will offer to watch the following video

Dracula: True Story

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Location:

Orastie Municipality is located in the east of Hunedoara county, 27 km away from the county city of Deva. Municipal area is 3862 hectares of the land is built 995 meters. Geographical coordinates are: 45 ° 47′30 “north latitude and 23 ° 11′30″ east longitude, the national road links the Sebes Deva and Alba Iulia..

The climate

 The climate of the city is characterized by an annual average temperature of 9.8 ° C. In July the  average temperature registers 20 ° C and in January -3 ° C. Precipitations are reduced  with a maximum in July of 80 mm and a minimum of 30 mm in February.

Geological support

 The  municipality of Orastie is situated in Mures corridor. It is framed by the  Counties (Orastie Mountains), part of the Southern branch of the Southern Carpathians and the Apuseni Mountains (Mountains Metaliferi).
Fluvial deposits are present in the area: sand, gravel, clay from the riverside areas, accumulations deluviale: clay; coluviale accumulation.

Fauna

 Animals in the woods on the outskirts include various species: wild boars , wolves, foxes, squirrels and rabbits but Rafter. Some birds can remind us of partridge and blackbirds and in river valleys, you can  meet wild ducks and pheasants. The Mures rivers is the richest in fish (catfish, barbel, broad snout, carp, dace). The upper reach of rivers and Sibişel Grădişte is populated with trout.

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Romania is a country with a rich history. Geographic position allows for links with Western Europe and Eastern Europe. Our history is  full of important events which  led to the development of a rich culture. Romanians are a people who treasure their history, so in Romania you can come accross many castles and fortresses, where   former sovereigns lived. Vlad Tepes known as Dracula,  left a legend that crosses  the world today. There are several places in Romania that are  linked to this legend.: Sighisoara, Targoviste, Bran Castle, etc. Poienari. I propose to view some of the castles in Romania by clicking on the title

Castles in Romania

Our town, Orastie, has been attested since 782. Historians found signs that these places had been inhabited for 7000 years .
Through time the town had a number of names like: Waros(1224) , Broos(1425) , Saxopolis(in the middle of the XVI century ), Szaszvaros(1577) , Orastie(1582)
The town is 404 kms away from Bucuresti , our country’s capital ) ,90 kms away from Sibiu , 162  Km away from Timisoara , and is situated in the western part of Romania in the region called Transilvania.
The climate is temperate-continental.
2000 years ago in the Orastie mountains used to be Dacia’s capital , Sarmizegetusa . Dacia was ruled by Burebista and after his death Decebal became king . In 102 the Roman emperor Traian passed through the Orastie area to conquer Decebal’s castles .The romans conquered Dacia leaving a lot of Roman sites and the ruins of Sarmizegetusa which you can still see .
In 1324 , Carol Robert d’ Anjou gives Orastie the title of town . In 1852 Orastie is being named a fortress ,the well-known Turkish historian Evlia Celesi wrote about it .The fortress had thick stone walls and special draw-bridges . On one of the gates you could see the inscription “ It’s sweet to die for your country”
Besides a rich history our town has  important cultural traditions :
In 1582 in Orastie was printed “Palia de la Orastie “ one of the first writings in Romanian.
In 1882 Aurel Vlaicu was born here , world known person for his inventions in aeronautics , today a high-school bears his name.
In fact all schools in Orastie bear the name of important people in our town’s history.
There were a lot of books written about our town’s history and culture , from which we remembered just a few facts.
Today our town has approximately 22.000 people living in it ,most of them are Romanians but there are also Hungarians, Germans and other nationalities living in Orastie. The dominant religion in our town is Christians but there are also a number of other religions . Orastie is a small town situated in a mountainous area filled with history and traditions .Presenting our town is a theme that we can discuss in more letters.