Alba Iulia

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The symbol of Romanian unification, Alba Iulia is the place where in 1918 the document that joined together all Romanian territories was signed.

Alba Iulia - the oldest traces of human presence in this area dates back in Paleolithic Age, found in two caves in the Apuseni Mountains. The town flourished until the Roman conquest in 106 AD, the town flourished so it became the capital city of the Dacia Superior province by the name of Appulum. During the period the first state entities appeared (9th century), Alba Iulia was the political and religious center of Cetatea Alba Voivodate. In the Middle Ages, the town was a long time under foreign administration which was the cause of many conflicts between the social classes: Bobalna Riot (1437), The Peasant's War led by Gheorghe Doja (1514) and the Riot led by Horia, Cloşca and Crişan (1784). In 1699, Carol the VIth, Emperor of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire built here the biggest fortress in Transylvania, 12 km perimeter, heptagonal shaped. Alba Iulia is also the Transylvanian center of the 1918 Union of all Romanian Provinces. On the 1st of December 1918, in the Great National Assembly, the Union documents here were voted and signed.