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    Făgăraș County is one of the historic counties of Transylvania, Romania. The county seat was Făgăraș. Făgăraș County covered 2,432 square kilometres (939 sq mi)...
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    incorporated into Făgăraș in 1952. One explanation is that the name was given by the Pechenegs, who called the nearby river Fagar šu (Fogaras/Făgăraș), which in...
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    county's capital was Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș). Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Szeben, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The...
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    bordered to the north by the Olt and to the south by the Făgăraș Mountains; its main city is Făgăraș. AB AR AG BC BH BN BT BV BR BZ CS CL CJ CT CV DB DJ GL...
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    the Făgăraș Mountains with heights over 2,500 m (8,200 ft), the Lotru Mountains, and the Cindrel Mountains – which make up to 30% of the county's surface...
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    Fogarasi vár, German: Fogarascher Burg) is a historic monument in Făgăraș, Brașov County, Romania. The construction of the fortress started in 1310, on the...
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    the counties Făgăraș and Sibiu, to the east by the counties Muscel and Dâmbovița, and to the south by the counties Teleorman and Vlașca. The county was...
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  • Municipal Făgăraș (Romanian pronunciation: [fəɡəˈraʃ]), commonly known as CSM Făgăraș or simply as Făgăraș, is a football team from Făgăraș, Brașov County, Romania...
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    connect Sibiu and Bacău counties, via Brașov. The project is currently regarded as composed of three sections Boița – Făgăraș, Făgăraș – Brașov (also part...
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  • allowing the construction of a new railway line for Ucea-Fabrică in Făgăraș County. Thus, CFR was to build the line from Ucea de Jos to Ucea-Fabrică on...
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    Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu (category People from Brașov County)
    group in the Făgăraș Mountains. Ogoranu was born in a Greek-Catholic Romanian family as one of three children, in Gura Văii, Făgăraș County, in the Țara...
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  • Ciuc County – merged with Odorhei and renamed to Harghita Covurlui County – merged into Galați Dorohoi County – merged with Botoșani Făgăraș County – divided...
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    villages have escaped into the realm of your greatness, some to Fogaras (Făgăraș) county, some to Brassó (Brașov), some to Szeben (Sibiu), and they did not...
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    Vladislav II of Wallachia (category Burials at Dealu Monastery, Viforâta (Dâmboviţa County))
    Transylvanian possessions of Făgăraș and Amlaș on 23 April 1452. Vladislav retaliated by embargoing all Wallachian trade to Brașov County, then part of Hunyadi's...
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    north by the Olt River and to the south by the Făgăraș Mountains, with its historical center in the Făgăraș Citadel. In the Middle Ages, the area was part...
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    Brukenthal Castle in Avrig (Sibiu County) Cisnădie (Sibiu County) Interior of the Făgăraș Citadel (Brașov County) The old roof of the Thick Tower (Sibiu)...
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    Olt (river) (category Rivers of Harghita County)
    The main cities along the river Olt are Miercurea Ciuc, Sfântu Gheorghe, Făgăraș, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina. The Olt passes through the following communes...
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  • Castle Transfăgărășan Salina Turda Voroneț Monastery/Churches of Moldavia Făgăraș Citadel Bucharest (see below) Iron Gates Decebalus sculpture Heroes' Cross...
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    is occupied by the mountains from the Southern Carpathians group: the Făgăraș Mountains in the east with heights over 2,200 m (7,200 ft), and the Lotru...
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    Spišská Nová Ves (Slovakia) Petroșani (Romania) Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) Făgăraș (Romania) Odorheiu Secuiesc (Romania) Boryslav (Ukraine) Jasło (Poland)...
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  • of the river Olt in Romania. It discharges into the Olt in the city of Făgăraș. Its length is 26 km (16 mi) and its basin size is 106 km2 (41 sq mi)....
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  • Clubul Sportiv Municipal Făgăraș, commonly known as CSM Făgăraș, is a men's handball team from Făgăraș, Brașov County, Romania. The club was founded in...
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    Victoria, Brașov (category Populated places in Brașov County)
    of Țara Făgărașului, halfway between the Olt River to the north and the Făgăraș Mountains to the south. In 1939, the Romanian state signed a contract with...
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    Poenari Castle (category Historic monuments in Argeș County)
    Transfăgărășan, on a canyon formed on the Argeș River valley, close to the Făgăraș Mountains. Poenari Castle was constructed around the beginning of the 13th...
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    Moldoveanu Peak (category Geography of Argeș County)
    is the highest mountain peak in Romania. It is located in Argeș County, in the Făgăraș Mountains of the Southern Carpathians. The most popular routes to...
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    Negoj-csúcs) is a mountain peak in the Făgăraș Mountains of the Southern Carpathians, located in Sibiu County, Romania, with an elevation of 2,535 m (8...
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    previous 71 counties, Ținutul Mureș included 9: Alba County Ciuc County Făgăraș County Mureș County Odorhei County Sibiu County Târnava Mare County Târnava...
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  • Range County or Counties Height (m) Moldoveanu Peak Făgăraș Mountains Argeș 2,544 Negoiu Peak Făgăraș Mountains Sibiu 2,535 Viștea Mare Făgăraș Mountains...
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    Dâmbovița (river) (category Rivers of Argeș County)
    Mountains from the Făgăraș Mountains proper. It passes through Bucharest and flows into the river Argeș near Budești, in Călărași County. Its length is 286 km...
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    Cârța Monastery (category Buildings and structures in Sibiu County)
    lies on the left bank of the Olt River, between the cities of Sibiu and Făgăraș, close to the villages of Cârța (German Kerz, Hungarian: Kerc) and Cârțișoara...
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