Transylvania (rou)

Transylvania

Transylvania ranks 3,416th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hilversum, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Kingisepp. Memorable people born in Transylvania include Béla IV of Hungary, Álmos, and Mundzuk. Memorable people who died in Transylvania include Álmos, Basarab the Old, and Radu II of Wallachia. Transylvania has been the birth place of many politicians, and military personnels and the death place of many politicians. Transylvania is located in Romania.

Transylvania is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border are the Carpathian Mountains and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Historical Transylvania also includes small parts of neighbouring Western Moldavia and even a small part of south-western neighbouring Bukovina to its north east. Read more on Wikipedia