Gyulafehérvár

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Gyulafehérvár, known today as Alba Iulia in Romania, is a historic city that served as the political and cultural center of Transylvania for centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Gyulafehérvár canonical 17

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
associatedWith Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Transylvanian princes ⓘ
belongsTo Central Romania ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
dateOfHistoricalEvent 1 December 1918 ⓘ
GermanName Karlsburg ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Vauban-style fortress (Alba Carolina) ⓘ
hasCommemoration National Day of Romania ceremonies ⓘ
hasFortress Alba Carolina Citadel ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center of Alba County ⓘ
hasHeritage multiethnic (Romanian, Hungarian, Saxon) ⓘ
hasHistoricalLayer Habsburg military citadel ⓘ
Roman castrum Apulum ⓘ
medieval fortress town ⓘ
hasLandmark Alba Iulia Orthodox Cathedral ⓘ
St. Michael's Cathedral ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic medium-sized Romanian city ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Roman Catholic episcopal see ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox archbishopric ⓘ
hasTourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
historicalEvent Union of Transylvania with Romania ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Principality of Transylvania ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Alba County ⓘ
isKnownFor Great Union of 1918 proclamation ⓘ
linked to: Great Union of 1918

well-preserved star-shaped fortress ⓘ
LatinName Apulum ⓘ
locatedIn Transylvania ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Mureș River ⓘ
modernName Alba Iulia ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Hungarian ⓘ
partOf Alba County ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 5100 ⓘ
roleIn1918 site of the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia ⓘ
RomanianName Alba Iulia ⓘ
servedAs cultural center of Transylvania ⓘ
political center of Transylvania ⓘ
symbolOf Romanian national unity ⓘ
timeAsCapital 16th–17th centuries ⓘ
timezone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timezoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
UNLOCODE ROABU ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode AB ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Principality of Transylvania ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Transylvania → capital → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Alba Iulia → formerName → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Grand Prince of Transylvania → hasCapital → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Gabriel Bethlen → deathPlace → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Gabriel Bethlen → residence → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Gabriel Bethlen → burialPlace → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
John II Sigismund Zápolya → placeOfDeath → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
John II Sigismund Zápolya → residence → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
George I Rákóczi → placeOfDeath → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
George I Rákóczi → residence → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
George II Rákóczi → residence → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom → capital → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Sigismund Rákóczi → placeOfBirth → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Sigismund Rákóczi → placeOfDeath → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Sigismund Rákóczi → residence → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Sigismund Rákóczi → burialPlace → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ
Michael II Apafi → residence → Gyulafehérvár ⓘ