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TurdaRomania Turda (Hungarian: Torda, German: Thorenburg) (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, Turda was conquered by the Romans. The castrum established was named Potaissa and became a municipium, then a colonia. Potaissa was the basecamp of the Legio V Macedonica from 166 to 274. In the Middle Ages, Turda was the residence of the Transylvanian Diet. Turda was the site of the Peace of Turda, which guaranteed religious freedom in Transylvania in 1568. The Romans began extracting salt from the nearby salt mines, which were used for this purpose until their closure in 1932. The mines have been reopened for tourism. This page was retrieved and condensed from
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turda) November 2005
Hui Chin and I visited Turda while we were travelling around Romania during 2000. A very nice place with nice, friendly people.
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