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Price trip/person: 155 EUR
	Included services: bus transportation for itinerary; guide; entraces for museums accommodation H ****, 2 nights Cluj accommodation H ***, 1 night Bistrita half board Minim group: 20 persons   Other prices: 145 Euro/person (group of min 30 persons) 135 Euro/person (group of min 40 persons)

About Transilvania Country

Transylvania (Romanian: Ardeal or Transilvania; Hungarian: Erdély; German: Siebenbürgen (help·info), see also other denominations) is a historical region of Dacia, the Roman Empire, Sarmatian Empire, Empire of the Visigoths, Avars, Hunnic Empire, Hungary, Austria and Romania and a present geographical region of Romania, in the central part of the country. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term frequently encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crisana, Maramures, and (Romanian) Banat.

Transylvania is an ancient land of civilization, once the nucleus of the Kingdom of Dacia (82 BC - 106 AD). In 106 AD the Roman Empire conquered the territory and after that its wealth was systematically exploited. Transylvania formed the nucleus of the Dacian (Getic) kingdom and of the Roman province of Dacia. After the Roman legions withdrew in 271 AD, it was overrun by a succession of barbarian tribes, which subjected it to various temporary influences and migrations, and areas of it were under the control of these peoples (Visigoths, Huns, Gepids, Avars). Thereafter the Romanized Dacian inhabitants either moved into the mountains and preserved their culture or migrated southward. The area then was repopulated by peoples from the Romanized lands south of the Danube River or from the Balkans. There is an ongoing scholarly debate over the population of Transylvania before the Hungarian conquest (see Origin of the Romanians).

The Magyars conquered the area at the end of the 9th century and firmly established their control over it in 1003, when their king Stephen I, according to legend, defeated the native prince Gyula. Between the 1003 and 1526, Transylvania was a voivodeship of the Kingdom of Hungary, led by a voivod appointed by the Hungarian King. After the Battle of Mohács (1526) Transylvania effectively became an independent principality ruled by mostly Calvinist Hungarian princes. Afterward Hungary was divided between the Habsburgs and the Turks, and Transylvania was transformed into an autonomous principality that was subject to Ottoman Empire's suzerainty (1566).

Habsburg Monarchy overran the territory shortly after the Battle of Vienna in 1683. The Transylvanians recognized the suzerainty of the Habsburg emperor Leopold I (1687), and the region was officially attached as a Principality and later, Grand Principality to Habsburg Empire, separated from Habsburg controlled Hungary, subject to the direct rule of the emperor’s governors. In 1699 the Turks conceded their loss of Transylvania (Treaty of Carlowitz); while the anti-Habsburg elements within the principality submitted to the emperor in 1711 (Peace of Szatmár). In 1849 Transylvania was separated from Hungary and transformed into a Habsburg crown land, subject to strict, absolutist rule. Subsequently, it was reabsorbed into Hungary (1867). In 1867-1918 it was within the Kingdom of Hungary (Transleithania) part of the newly established Austro-Hungarian empire.

When Austria-Hungary was defeated in World War I, the Romanians of Transylvania in late 1918 proclaimed the land united with Romania. In 1920, the Allies confirmed the union in the Treaty of Trianon. Hungary regained about two-fifths of Transylvania during World War II (Vienna Award; August 1940), but the entire region was ceded to Romania after Paris Peace Treaties, 1947.

Outside Romania, it is sometimes associated with Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, while within Romania and in other countries of Eastern Europe the region is known for the scenic beauty of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history.

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