A trip to Hunedoara County

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[{"address":"Cetatea Devei","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.88813467002979,"longitude":22.895954450000023},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- A medieval monument of secular architecture, the medieval fortress of Deva was built in the middle of the 13th century on the Citadel Hill, a volcanic cone with an altitude of 378 m.\n- After the invasion of the Tartars, a new fortress was built by King Béla IV, the first document about the fortress dates from 1269.\n- Due to its special strategic position, the fortress guarded from the height that dominated the city of Deva, centuries in a row, the exit and entry into Transylvania on the Mureș valley. \n- Traces of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements have been discovered here, and the presence of carved stone blocks, with the characteristic dovetail-shaped cuts, makes archaeologists intuit the remains of a Dacian fortification."},{"type":"link","content":"https://orasuldeva.ro/orasuldeva/index.php/cetatea-deva"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_0_2.png?alt=media&token=20d5991f-fe16-4aff-a5d0-34f6f0664b4a"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_0_3.png?alt=media&token=1bfc3124-d94e-4b52-944b-75fc4fe9ae43"}]},{"address":"Castelul Corvinilor (Corvins' Castle)","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.7498349163015,"longitude":22.888148699999977},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle, is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, Romania. It is one of the largest castles in Europe and is featured as one of the Seven Wonders of Romania.\n- Corvin Castle was laid out in 1446 when construction began by order of Voivode of Transylvania John Hunyadi (Iancu de Hunedoara), who wanted to transform the former keep built by Charles I of Hungary. \n- The castle was originally given to John Hunyadi's father, by Sigismund of Luxembourg, king of Hungary and Croatia, as severance in 1409.\n- It was also in 1446 that John Hunyadi was elected as the regent governor by the Diet.\n- In the castle yard, near the 15th-century chapel, there is a 30-meter deep (98 ft) well. According to the legend, this fountain was dug by 3 Turkish prisoners to whom liberty was promised if they reached the water. After 15 years they completed the well, but their captors did not keep their promise. It is said that the inscription on a wall of the well means \"you have water, but not soul\".\n- In 2018, the castle was used as the \"Cârța Monastery\" in the horror movie The Nun."},{"type":"link","content":"https://castelulcorvinilor.ro/"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_1_2.png?alt=media&token=567a85ff-8d87-4ffc-980f-fbf43bb508e6"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_1_3.png?alt=media&token=5e81d395-6fc2-4f2f-b52e-0ab04c1faed8"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_1_4.png?alt=media&token=a08f1dc3-09fa-4c58-a6ea-9c820b85164e"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_1_5.png?alt=media&token=ebffc8d8-f054-4f90-80a6-d6733bed6d02"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_1_6.png?alt=media&token=c573bbdc-4496-4a22-a5a6-ee465e369e3c"}]},{"address":"Prislop Monastery","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.63214436623465,"longitude":22.851668500000017},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- In 1564 it was built from the ground up by Zamfira, the daughter of Moise Vodă from Wallachia. \n- It is possible that the old place, the traces of which were written in the middle of the 19th century, may have existed somewhere in the forest, in the vicinity of the current buildings.\n- Arsenie Boca, abbot of the monastery in 1948, was one of the martyrs of the Communist gulag. At his grave at the Prislop Monastery, hundreds of pilgrims perish daily."},{"type":"link","content":"https://manastireaprislop.ro/"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_2_2.png?alt=media&token=bfeedfc3-83ac-438f-8ace-448404de2384"}]},{"address":"Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.51706271616953,"longitude":22.786482950000025},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital and the largest city of Roman Dacia, later named Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa after the former Dacian capital, located some 40 km away. \n- Built on the ground of a camp of the Fifth Macedonian Legion, the city was settled by veterans of the Dacian wars. From the very beginning, it received the title of Colonia and the status of ius Italicum. With an area of 30 hectares, a population between 20,000 and 25,000, and strong fortifications, Ulpia Traiana was the political, administrative, and religious centre of Roman Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries.\n- The city was destroyed by the Goths. Today, Ulpia Traiana remains in ruins, with a partly preserved forum, an amphitheatre, and remnants of several temples."},{"type":"link","content":"https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulpia_Traiana_Sarmizegetusa"}]},{"address":"Bison Nature Reserve","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.638362566238165,"longitude":22.97283104999999},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- The Slivut Forest Reserve is one of the few places in Europe where bison (bison bonasus) live.\n- It was established in the autumn of 1958 when a pair of bison - Podarec and Polonka - were brought from Poland. This was the first place in Romania where the European bison appeared.\n- The bison is the largest European land animal. The male can weigh up to 920 kilograms."},{"type":"link","content":"https://arsenalpark.ro/rezervatia-de-zimbri-hateg-silvut/"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_4_2.png?alt=media&token=341b7b5c-d21d-4ea8-97f6-4f59bd82f734"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_4_4.png?alt=media&token=3b1d0794-ab79-4ca4-893a-b341527eec40"}]},{"address":"I Giardini di Zoe","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.89094441638202,"longitude":23.009498099999984},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- \"I Giardini di Zoe\" is the property of an Italian gardener, Giovanni. After more than a decade of arrangements, the man managed to bring a part of Italy to the Hunedoara village.\n- Giovanni wanted to keep something for future generations, including his 6-year-old niece, which is why he named the property \"I Giardini di Zoe\""},{"type":"link","content":"https://igiardinidizoe.ro/"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_5_2.png?alt=media&token=0ee52bf2-4ced-47cc-b39b-03c40ccc6cf1"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_5_4.png?alt=media&token=df2c045b-e9d5-4b38-a323-ab07def94a13"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_5_5.png?alt=media&token=881a1ce3-27c0-49f4-8691-bd660a80b8dd"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_5_6.png?alt=media&token=3195f76c-26ab-4865-bfdc-b7aee2c9ee91"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_5_6.png?alt=media&token=4c3eaeaf-dcc7-4232-9f09-ca4c1b147233"}]},{"address":"Sarmizegetusa Regia","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":45.62351317196405,"longitude":23.309456400000016},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Sarmizegetusa Regia was the capital and the most important military, religious and political center of the Dacians before the wars with the Roman Empire. Erected on top of a 1200 m high mountain, the fortress, comprising six citadels, was the core of a strategic defensive system in the Orăștie Mountains.\n- Sarmizegetusa Regia should not be confused with Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the Roman capital of Dacia built by Roman Emperor Trajan some 40 km away, which was not the Dacian capital. \n- Sarmizegetusa Regia contained a citadel and residential areas with dwellings and workshops as well as a sacred zone.\n- The archaeological inventory found at the site demonstrates that Dacian society had a relatively high standard of living."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.traseeromania.ro/sarmizegetusa-regia/"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_6_2.png?alt=media&token=434246a0-8c8d-418a-b08a-6ee5743ffd16"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_6_3.png?alt=media&token=650f2c5b-9376-4265-bf77-b6985bc61885"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2Feqi1Ot30J8PdVVLzoGQ6%2Fstop_6_4.png?alt=media&token=6a66de44-ab15-4944-ba11-541a20a87896"}]}]