Transylvania
Transylvania is the largest region of Romania and probably the best known one. When you visit Transylvania you dive into a mix of cultures, nature and history.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Cluj-Napoca
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Cluj-Napoca, Kolozsvár or Klausenburg is the capital of Cluj county and the unofficial capital of the historical region of Transylvania.
Brașov
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Brașov is a city in Transylvania, Romania. It's set in the Carpathian Mountains in the centre of the country, 180 km from Bucharest.
Destinations
Szeklerland
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Szeklerland is a region in Transylvania, Romania. The region's name comes from the majority of its inhabitants, Szekler people, also known as Szekely, a Transylvanian tribe related to Hungarians.
Hunedoara County
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Hunedoara County is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva.
Alba County
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Alba County is a county of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania.
Sibiu County
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Sibiu County lies to the north of the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania, Romania.
Cluj County
Cluj County is a county of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca.Bistrița-Năsăud County
Bistrița-Năsăud is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.Apuseni Mountains
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The Apuseni Mountains are a branch of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania.
Transylvania
- Type: Region
- Description: historical region in the northwestern part of Romania
- Categories: historical region, historical country, sovereign state and locality
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
46.5972° or 46° 35' 50" northLongitude of centre
24.374° or 24° 22' 27" eastOpenStreetMap ID
node 2563285717OpenStreetMap Feature
place=regionWikidata ID
Q39473Transylvania Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Transsilvanië
- Albanian: Transilvania
- Arabic: Transylvania
- Arabic: إمارة الأردل
- Arabic: بلاد الأردل
- Arabic: ترانسلفانيا
- Arabic: ترانسيلفانيا
- Aragonese: Transilbania
- Aragonese: Transilvania
- Armenian: Տրանսիլվանիա
- Asturian: Transilvania
- Azerbaijani: Transilvaniya
- Basque: Transilvania
- Bavarian: Siebenbürgen
- Bavarian: Simbiagn
- Belarusian: Сяміград
- Belarusian: Сяміградзьдзе
- Belarusian: Трансыльванія
- Belarusian: Трансільванія
- Bosnian: Transilvanija
- Breton: Transilvania
- Breton: Treuzsilvania
- Bulgarian: Седмиградско
- Bulgarian: Седмоградско
- Bulgarian: Трансилвания
- Catalan: Ardeal
- Catalan: Erdel
- Catalan: Siebenbürgen
- Catalan: Transilvània
- Catalan: Transsilvània
- Catalan: Transylvania
- Catalan: Transylvània
- Central Kurdish: ترانسیلڤانیا
- Chinese: Transilvania
- Chinese: 外西凡尼亞
- Chinese: 川西凡尼亞
- Chinese: 特兰斯瓦尼亚
- Chinese: 特兰西瓦尼亚
- Chinese: 特蘭西瓦尼亞
- Croatian: Erdelj
- Croatian: Sedmogradska
- Croatian: Transilvanija
- Czech: Sedmihradsko
- Czech: Sedmihrady
- Czech: Transylvánie
- Danish: Siebenbürgen
- Danish: Transsilvanien
- Danish: Transsylvanien
- Danish: Transylvanien
- Dutch: Ardeal
- Dutch: Grootvorstendom Transsylvanie
- Dutch: Grootvorstendom Transsylvanië
- Dutch: Grootvorstendom Zevenburgen
- Dutch: Transilvanie
- Dutch: Transsilvanie
- Dutch: Transsilvanië
- Dutch: Transsylvanie
- Dutch: Transsylvanië
- Dutch: Transylvanie
- Dutch: Transylvanië
- Dutch: Zevenburgen
- Egyptian Arabic: ترانسيلفانيا
- English: Siebenbürgen
- Esperanto: Ardeal
- Esperanto: Siebenbürgen
- Esperanto: Transilvanio
- Esperanto: Transilvanujo
- Esperanto: Transsilvanio
- Esperanto: Transsilvanujo
- Estonian: Ardeal
- Estonian: Erdély
- Estonian: Siebenbürgen
- Estonian: Transilvaania
- Finnish: Siebenbürgen
- Finnish: Transilvania
- Finnish: Transylvania
- French: Ardeal
- French: Région de Transylvanie
- French: Transylvanie
- French: Transylvanie roumaine
- French: principauté de Transylvanie
- French: principauté des Sept-Forteresses
- Galician: Transilvania
- Georgian: ტრანსილვანია
- German: Ardeal
- German: Fürstentum Siebenbürgen
- German: Großfürstentum Siebenbürgen
- German: Siebenbürgen
- German: Transilvania
- German: Transsilvanien
- German: Transsilwanien
- German: Transsylvanien
- Greek: Τρανσυλβανία
- Hebrew: ארדאל
- Hebrew: זיבנברגן
- Hebrew: טראנסילבניה
- Hebrew: טראנסילווניה
- Hebrew: טרנסילבאניה
- Hebrew: טרנסילבניה
- Hebrew: טרנסילווניה
- Hungarian: Erdély
- Icelandic: Transilvanía
- Icelandic: Transsilvanía
- Icelandic: Transsylvanía
- Icelandic: Transylvanía
- Ido: Transilvania
- Indonesian: Siebenbürgen
- Indonesian: Transilvania
- Indonesian: Transylvania
- Irish: An Trasalváin
- Italian: Erdély
- Italian: Transilvania
- Japanese: エルデーイ
- Japanese: ジーベンビュルゲン
- Japanese: トランシルバニア
- Japanese: トランシルヴァニア
- Japanese: 恐怖のお化けやしき
- Kashubian: Sétmegard
- Kirghiz: Трансилвания
- Korean: 트란실바니아
- Korean: 트랜실바니아
- Ladino: Transilvania
- Latin: Transilvania
- Latin: Transsilvania
- Latin: Transylvania
- Latvian: Transilvānija
- Limburgan: Transsylvanië
- Lingua Franca Nova: Transilvania
- Lithuanian: Transilvanija
- Luxembourgish: Siwebiergen
- Macedonian: Трансилванија
- Malay: Transilvania
- Malay: Transylvania
- Malayalam: Transylvania
- Malayalam: ട്രാൻസിൽവേനിയ
- Marathi: ट्रान्सिल्व्हेनिया
- Min Nan Chinese: Transilvania
- Moroccan Arabic: ترانسيلڤانيا
- Norwegian: Transilvania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Erdély
- Norwegian Bokmål: Siebenbürgen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Transilvania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Transsilvania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Transsylvania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Transylvania
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ardeal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Erdelj
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Erdély
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Siebenbürgen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Transilvania
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Transilvanija
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Transylvania
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ердељ
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Трансилванија
- Occitan (post 1500): Transilvània
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Seofonbyrig
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Seofonbyriȝ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Transylvania
- Ossetian: Трансильвани
- Panjabi: ਟ੍ਰਾਂਸਿਲਵੇਨੀਆ
- Persian: ترانسیلوانی
- Persian: ترانسیلوانیا
- Polish: Siedmiogród
- Polish: Transylwania
- Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Siedmiogrodu
- Portuguese: Ardeal
- Portuguese: Erdély
- Portuguese: Siebenbürgen
- Portuguese: Transilvania
- Portuguese: Transilvânia
- Portuguese: Transsilvanien
- Romanian: Ardeal
- Romanian: Transilvania
- Russian: Ардял
- Russian: Семиградье
- Russian: Трансильвания
- Rusyn: Ардял
- Sardinian: Transilvània
- Scots: Transylvanie
- Serbian: Erdély
- Serbian: Ердељ
- Serbian: Кнежевина Трансилванија
- Serbian: Трансилванија
- Serbo-Croatian: Erdelj
- Serbo-Croatian: Kneževina Transilvanija
- Serbo-Croatian: Transilvanija
- Sicilian: Transilvania
- Slovak: Sedmohradsko
- Slovak: Transilvánia
- Slovak: Transylvánia
- Slovenian: Erdeljsko
- Slovenian: Sedmograška
- Slovenian: Transilvanija
- Spanish: Ardeal
- Spanish: Gran Principado de Transilvania
- Spanish: Transilvania
- Swedish: Ardeal
- Swedish: Erdely
- Swedish: Erdély
- Swedish: Siebenburgen
- Swedish: Siebenbürgen
- Swedish: Transsilvanien
- Swedish: Transsylvania
- Swedish: Transsylvanien
- Swedish: Transylvanien
- Swiss German: Ardeal
- Swiss German: Siibebürge
- Swiss German: Transsilvanie
- Swiss German: Transsylvanie
- Tagalog: Transylvania
- Tamil: டிரான்சில்வேனியா
- Tamil: திரான்சில்வேனியா
- Tatar: Трансильвания
- Thai: Erdély
- Thai: Transilvania
- Thai: Transsylvania
- Thai: Transylvania
- Thai: Transylvanian
- Thai: ทรานซิลเวเนีย
- Thai: ทรานสซิลเวเนีย
- Tosk Albanian: Siebenbürgen
- Turkish: Erdel
- Turkish: Erdel Prensliği
- Tyap: Ti̱ransi̱li̱vaniya
- Tyap: Transylvania
- Ukrainian: Ардял
- Ukrainian: Семигород
- Ukrainian: Семигороддя
- Ukrainian: Семиграддя
- Ukrainian: Трансильванія
- Ukrainian: Трансільванське князівство
- Urdu: ٹرانسلوانیا
- Uzbek: Transilvaniya
- Venetian: Transilvània
- Vietnamese: Transylvania
- Vlax Romani: Transilvaniya
- Walloon: Transilvaneye
- Walloon: Zivenbork
- Waray (Philippines): Transilvania
- Welsh: Transylfania
- Western Frisian: Transsylvaanje
- Western Panjabi: ٹرانسلوانیا
- Wu Chinese: 特兰西瓦尼亚
- Yiddish: זיבנבורגן
- Yiddish: זיבנבערגן
- Yiddish: זימבערגן
- Yiddish: טראנסילוואניע
- Yue Chinese: 外西凡尼亞
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Transylvania. Photo: Jjtkk, CC0.