Hunedoara Hostels - Hostel List for Hunedoara, Romania

Hunedoara, city, Hunedoara judet (county), west central Romania, in the eastern foothills of the iron ore bearing Poiana RuscAi Mountains, 185 miles (300 km) northwest of Bucharest. The ore deposits at nearby Ghelari and Teliuc were known in Roman times. The first major development of the iron and steelworks did not take location until 1884. After World War II, their expansion and modernization included blast furnaces, open hearth furnaces, electric ore furnaces, coking and chemical works, a sintering plant, rolling mills, and related facilities. The city has become a major metallurgical production centre. Hunedoara Castle (Castelul Hunedoara) one of the most significant examples of Gothic architecture in Central and Eastern Europe, was built sometimes before 1409 and later extended by John Huniady (1387 1456, Iancu de Hunedoara, Ioannus Corvinus, Huniady JAnos), Prince (Voevode) of Transylvania and by his son, King Matthew Corvinus (Matei Corvin, Mathhias Rex, 1443 1490) in the XV century and by Count Gabriel Bethlen (Gabriel Bethlen Von IktAr, 1580 1629) in XVII century. The castle, beautifully preserved, was built in a gothic style with baroque and renaissance influences. The interior of the castle has halls with arms and artifacts and sometimes special presentations and son et lumiEre shows are organised here. The castle is situated in Hunedoara (Eisenmarkt, Vajdahunyad), by the Zlas,ti river, in the Cerna valley and guarded by the Poiana RuscAi Mountains. Mentioned since XII century as a hub for leather tanning , wool processing and clothing industry, Hunedoara became one of the main iron extraction and processing centres in Transylvania. Iron ores were extracted in the area since Dacian and later, in Roman times. During the XIV and XV centuries the iron foundries and works were well known for their swords and spears. The first tall industrial furnace for iron extraction was built in Toplit,a in 1750, and a later one in GovAjdia in 1806. Narrow gauge railways and suspended transporters for coal and extracted iron ore were built in the XVIII and XIX century and the Iron Works extended further. Around Hunedoara and into the mountains there is a well known area known as Tara PAdurenilor or the Woodlanders Country, with breathtaking scenery and beautifully preserved costumes and folklore.

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