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Bucharest 

The most populous city and the country's most important industrial and commercial center .

Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. It became the capital of Romania in 18!

and is the centre of Romanian media" culture" and art. Its architecture is a mi# of historical $neo%

classical&" interbellum $Bauhaus and art deco&" communist%era and modern. In the period

 between the two orld ars" the city's ele(ant architecture and the sophistication of its elite

earned Bucharest the nic)name of *+ittle ,aris*.Bucharest has a uni-ue status in Romanian

administration" since it is the only municipal area that is not part of a county. Its population"

howeer" is lar(er than that of any other  Romanian county. Bucharest is the tenth lar(est city in

the /uropean 0nion

Parliament House

The ,alace of the ,arliament $Romanian ,alatul ,arlamentului& is the seat of the ,arliament

of Romania. +ocated on 2ealul 3rsenalului in central Bucharest $ector 5&" it is the second

lar(est buildin( in the world" after The ,enta(on" with 84 m hi(h" an area of 5"666 m! and is

composed of ! bodies. 7ain( a olume of !"556"666 m" it is also the third most massie buildin( in the world" after ape anaeral in lorida and the Temple of the eathered

erpent in Teotihuacan" :e#ico. In terms of wei(ht" the ,alace of the ,arliament is the heaiest

 buildin( in the world.

3 colossal parliament buildin( )nown for its ornate interior" it houses the enate and

the hamber of 2eputies" three museums and an international conference center. The ;ational

:useum of ontemporary 3rt" the :useum of ommunist Totalitarianism $established in !615&

<= and the :useum of the ,alace are hosted inside the ,alace. Thou(h named the 7ouse of the

Republic$Romanian asa Republicii&" after the Romanian Reolution of 1989 it became widely

)nown as the ,eople's 7ouse $Romanianasa ,oporului&. 2ue to its impressie endowments"

here are or(ani>ed conferences" symposiums and other manifestations by state institutions or 

international bodies" le(al entities" Romanian or forei(n" but een so about ?6@ of the buildin( is

empty.

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In 1996" 3merican business ma(nate Rupert :urdoch wanted to buy the buildin( with A1

 billion" but his bid was reected. ;owadays" the ,alace of the ,arliament is alued at C billion"

ma)in( it the most e#pensie administratie buildin( in the world. Dnly the cost of heatin( and

electric li(htin( e#ceeds A million per year" as much as a medium%si>ed city.

Transylvania

Transylania is home to some of /uropeEs best presered medieal towns" most

notably Brasov, featurin( Dld a#on architecture and citadel ruins..The city was described in

1!5 32 under the name orona" a +atin word meanin( *crown*" a name (ien by the Ferman

colonists. 3ccordin( to Binder" the current Romanian and the 7un(arian name BrassG are

deried from the Tur)ic word barasu" meanin( *white water* with a laic suffi# %o. Dther 

lin(uists proposed arious etymolo(ies includin( an Dld laic anthroponym Brasa.

Hisitors to Transylania will also encounter stunnin( castles such Bran" near Braso" % a

Fothic fairy%tale structure" often associated with 15th century alachian ,rince Hlad Tepes" the

inspiration for Bram to)erEs 2racula. hile the connection with Hlad is tenuous" the deep bond

of local illa(ers with the le(end is not.

Sibiu  with its cobblestone streets and pastel%colored houses" and Sighisoara, adorned

with a hilltop citadel" secret passa(eways and a 14th century cloc) tower. Tiny shops offer 

anti-ues and fine hand%made products by local artisans and artists.

In !66? ibiu was with +u#embour( cultural capital of /urope " the first city in /astern

/urope " before bein( included Romania in the /uropean 0nion

Bran Castle  is the only tourist spot that attracts thousands of tourists because of a le(end

ount 2racula.

The myth of 2racula is based on the fictional noel hile the connection with Hlad is

tenuous" the deep bond of local illa(ers with the le(end is not.

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Prejmer

In close pro#imity to Braso and Bran are the fortified churches at 7arman" with its

massie 1th century a#on towers" and ,remer" the lar(est fortified church in outheastern

/urope. The ,remer fortified church is a +utheranfortified church in ,remer" Braso

ounty" in the Transylania re(ion of Romania and the ethno(raphic area of the Bur>enland.

ounded by the Teutonic ni(hts" it was eentually ta)en oer by the ethnic

Ferman Transylanian a#oncommunity. Initially Roman atholic" it became +utheran

followin( the Reformation. To(ether with the surroundin( illa(e" the church forms part of 

the illa(es with fortified churches in Transylania 0;/D orld 7erita(e ite.

Corvinilor Castle

orin astle was laid out in 144" when construction be(an at the orders of  John

7unyadi $7un(arian 7unyadi JKnos"Romanian Iancu or Ioan de 7unedoara& who wanted to

transform the former )eep built by harles I of 7un(ary. The castle was ori(inally (ien to John

7unyadi's father" Hoy) $Ha)&" by i(ismund" )in( of  7un(ary" as seerance in 1469.<!= It was

also in 144 when John 7unyadi was elected as the re(ent%(oernor of the in(dom of 

7un(ary by the 2iet.

The castle is built in Renaissance%Fothic style and it features tall and stron( defense towers.

Beside the towers" bastions" the inner courtyard" and the drawbrid(e" the wall is actually double

and flan)ed by round or rectan(ular towers" an innoatie feature for Transylanian architecture.

The rectan(ular towers hae lar(er openin(s" for lar(er weapons. ome towers were built solely

for defense" such as the Bu>du(an Tower $:ace tower&" while others" li)e the 2rummers' Tower"

the 2eserted Tower" and the apistrano Tower were used as prison cells. The castle is diided

into three main areas the 2iet 7all" the ni(hts' 7all" and the circular stairway. The halls are

rectan(ular and paed with marble" and were used for feasts and ceremonies. Built oer the site

of an older fortification and on a roc) aboe the small Lla ti Rier ș "   the castle is a lar(e and

imposin( buildin( with tall and diersely coloured roofs" towers and myriad windows and

 balconies adorned with stone carin(s.

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  Transalpina

The Transalpina or 2;? located in the ,arMn( :ountains (roup" in the outhern

arpathians of Romania" is one of thehi(hest roads of the arpathian :ountains.   It

connects ;oaci" south of ,arMn( :ountains" to ebeN in the north.

It is said that the road was built under in( arol II and rebuilt durin( orld ar 

II by Ferman troops and it is called The in('s Road by the locals. 3lso a story has it

that ;icolae eauNescu had the TransfO(OrONan Road $2;?& built durin( the communist

re(ime  ust to surpass the Transalpina.

The road has its hi(hest point at the 0rdele ,ass" where the eleation is !"145m aboe sea

leel. Fien the hi(h altitude" the road is closed durin( the cold months of the year. or)s

 be(an in !66? in order to transform this spectacular road into a modern hi(hway $148 )m&"

allowin( a rapid transit between Dltenia and Transylania.

3 potential Transalpina isitor should )eep in mind that the road is not open all year 

round. 2ependin( on weather conditions" the hi(hway is usually closed in ;oember or 

2ecember. ith that in mind" a person wantin( to e#perience the Transalpina in all its

splendor should plan for an mid%to%late fall trip. 2urin( this time" the deciduous trees will see

their leaes chan(e color" creatin( an unbelieable bac)drop with tons of different shades of 

(reen" oran(e" yellow" red" and brown.

Transylania" number one tourist destination in the world a top 16 re(ions to isit in !61

e#ceeded 7awaii and Baaria.