Transylvania

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geographical region historical region

Transylvania is a historical region in central Romania, famed for its medieval castles, fortified churches, and association with the Dracula legend.

Aliases (2)

Northern Transylvania ×1
Transylvania region ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → historical region →
associatedWithAuthor	Bram Stoker →
associatedWithWork	Dracula (novel) →
borders	Banat → Crișana → Maramureș → Moldavia → Wallachia →
containsCity	Alba Iulia → Bistrița → Brașov → Cluj-Napoca → Deva → Hunedoara → Mediaș → Miercurea Ciuc → Oradea → Sfântu Gheorghe → Sibiu → Sighișoara → Turda → Târgu Mureș → Zalău →
containsRegion	Banat (eastern part, in some historical definitions) → Crișana → Maramureș →
country	Romania →
countrySubdivisionOf	Romania →
ethnicGroup	Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) → Hungarians → Roma → Romanians → Székelys →
hasCapital	Cluj-Napoca →
hasLegend	Count Dracula →
historicalAllegiance	Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED → Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED → Kingdom of Hungary → Principality of Transylvania →
joinedState	Kingdom of Romania →
knownFor	Biertan Fortified Church → Bran Castle → Corvin Castle → Saxon fortified towns → UNESCO World Heritage fortified churches of Transylvanian Saxons → Viscri Fortified Church → association with the Dracula legend → fortified churches → medieval castles →
language	German → Hungarian → Romanian →
largestCity	Cluj-Napoca →
locatedIn	Carpathian Basin → Europe → central Romania →
mountainRange	Carpathian Mountains →
partOf	Romania →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy → Protestantism → Roman Catholicism → Unitarianism →
timeZone	Eastern European Time →
tourismType	cultural tourism → heritage tourism → nature tourism →
unionDate	1918 →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hungarian Reformed churches → Hungarians → Romanians → Sighetu Marmației →	historicalRegion
Industria Aeronautică Română → Mureș River → Olt River →	locatedIn
Great Turkish War → Romanian Campaign →	location
Hungarian Unitarian Church → Mureș River →	region
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → House of Habsburg →	ruledTerritory
Mako, Kingdom of Hungary ("Transylvania region") →	adjacentTo
Wallachia →	borderedBy
Second Vienna Award ("Northern Transylvania") →	cededRegion
Romania →	containsRegion
Radical Reformation →	hasMainRegion
Kingdom of Hungary →	hasPart
Mongol invasions of Europe →	hasParticipant
Hungarian Jews →	historicalCommunity
Kingdom of Romania →	includedTerritory
Dacian tribes →	inhabitedRegion
Thirty Years' War →	mainBelligerent
Romanian Greek Catholic Church →	mainTerritory
Unitarianism →	originatedInCountry
Abraham Wald →	placeOfBirth
Socinians →	regionOfActivity
Ugric languages →	regionOfMajorLanguage
Dracula →	setting
Transylvanian Saxons →	settlementRegion
Lovari →	spokenIn