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Alexandria

Alexandria is a municipality, the seat of thecounty of Teleorman, Muntenia, Romnia. Thecity lies in the south of the Romanian Plain, on theeastern bank of the Vedea River in the area wherethe Boian Plain meets the Gavanu-Burdea Plain. It

covers 9,56 km and it is 88 km away fromBucharest.

Alexandria

According to the 2005 census, Alexandria has a population of 50.496 people, 22.589.of which are active (2.192 men and 10.397 women).


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Although the city itself is relatively young,archaeological digs in the area have revealedtraces of life dating back to the Paleolithic, theNeolithic, the Metal Age and the Middle Ages.

The city, founded in1834, according to theurbanistic plans drawn by Austrian engineerOtto von Moritz ( who had already drawn theplans of Brila i Giurgiuwould later draw theplans of Turnu Severin), the city was named

after the ruler of Wallachia at the time,Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica (1834 - 1842) whoseremains are buried in a monumentalsarcophagus in St. Alexander BishopricCathedral.


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Sibiu

Sibiu, (named Hermannstadtin German), is

the seat and the largest municipality inSibiu county. Sibiu, with a population of

approximately 155.000, is an importantcultural and economic centre situated inthe Cibin River basin, in the south ofTransylvannia,.

The city , one of the main Saxon settlements, has always been and still is oneof the most important and the most prosperous in Transylvannia. In recentyears it has undergone a remarkable economic and cultural renaissance andis today one of the cities with a large amount of foreign investments. In 2007,

Sibiu was declared European Cultural Capital.

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In Roman times, the Sibiu area was known under the name of Cibiniensis /Cibinium, which is the origin of the river which flows through the city and of theRomanian name of the city itself.

Sibiu was founded in the 12th century, onthe site of an older settlement, probably

Slavic, by Saxon colonists who camefrom the Rin-Mosela region. The citywas first mentioned in 1191 under thename of Cibinum in an ecclesiasticaldocument from the Vatican. The first

mention of the city under the name ofHermanstadt dates back to 1223, butthere are also mentions of the name ofVilla Hermanni.

In the 14th century, Sibiu became a great commercial centre and for centuries it was themost important German fortress in Transylvannia. The craftsmen of the city wereorganised in guilds. In 1376 there were as many as 19 guilds.


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-St. Alexander orthodox cathedral, built between 1869-1898, in Romanic-

Byzantine style, with interior mural paintings by Stefan Luchian and ConstantinArtachino-The monument dedicated to the heroes who died in the First World War

-The County History Museum-The City Hall-The AlexandriaPrefecture

-The monument dedicated to the peasants killed during the 1907 PeasantUprising

-The busts of Alexandru Ghica i Alexandru Ioan Cuza, created in 1914 bysculptor I. Iordnescu

- The monument dedicated to the heroes who died in the Second WorldWar


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Muzeums

Sibi has numerous museums The Brukenthal Museum

The History Museum The Pharmacy Museum The Natural History Museum The Museum of Arms and Hunting Trophies

Churches

The Orthodox Cathedral (1906) The Evangelic (Luteran) Church (the 14th century) The Ursuline Church (the 15th century) The Roman Catholic Church in Great Square (1726-1733) The Franciscan Church in Selarilor Street


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AlexandriaCity Hall


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Sibiu City Hall


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The monument dedicated to the heroes who died in the FirstWorld War


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The Brukenthal Museum


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St. Alexandercathedral


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The Orthodox Cathedral


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The CountyHistory Museum


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THE COUNCIL TOWER

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