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TURDA - ROMANIA
Turda (population: 55,770) is a city in Cluj
county, Romania situated on the Aries river.
History
Founded as a Dacian city under the name "Dierna", it was conquered by
the Romans, the castrum settled here was named "Potaissa" and became a
municipium, then a colony. In the Middle Ages, this was the residence of
the Transylvanian Diet.
The Romans began extracting salt from the nearby salt mines, used for
this purpose until they were closed in 1932, but nowadays opened for tourist
visits.
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