Photo courtesy of Radu Trifan
About Alba Iulia
[Ahl`bah - Yoo`lee`yah]
Alba Iulia is the main city of the state of Alba in Romania. The city was an important Dacian political, economic and social centre named Apulon, mentioned by the ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy. After the southern part of Dacia became a province of the Roman Empire, the capital of the Dacia Apulensis district was established here, and the city was known as Apulum. Apulum was one of the largest centers in Roman Dacia and the seat of the XIII Gemina Legion. The main historical area of Alba Iulia is the upper city, developed extensively by Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire. The Habsburgs renamed the city Karlsburg in honor of Charles. The upper city's fortress with seven bastions, in a stelar shape, was constructed between 1716-1735 by Giovanni Morando Visconti, using the Vauban system - the largest of this kind in South-eastern Europe.
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