Brețcu
Brețcu is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: Brețcu, Mărtănuș, and Oituz. The village has been recorded under different names: Bereczk, Breczko, Bretzku, and Bereck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 3,870 residents
- Description: commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania
- Also known as: “Angustia”, “Bereck”, “Brecku”, and “Breţcul”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Angustia.
Angustia
Photo: Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angustia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD today near the town of Breţcu, Romania. It was the key centre for defence of the eastern half of Roman Dacia as it controlled the vulnerable Oituz Pass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brețcu and Lemnia.
Lemnia
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lemnia is a village, which is situated 2½ km west of Brețcu.
Mărtănuș
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mărtănuș is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Brețcu.
Brețcu
- Category: commune of Romania
- Location: Comuna Breţcu, Covasna County, Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Brețcu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريتسكو”
- Basque: “Angustia”
- Basque: “Bereck”
- Basque: “Brețcu”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Brețcu”
- Chechen: “Брецку (коммуна)”
- Chechen: “Брецку”
- Chinese: “Breţcu”
- Chinese: “布雷茨庫鄉”
- Dutch: “Brețcu”
- Esperanto: “Bereck”
- Esperanto: “Bretcu”
- Esperanto: “Brețcu”
- Esperanto: “Ojtoz”
- French: “Brețcu”
- German: “Brețcu”
- Hungarian: “Bereck község”
- Hungarian: “Bereck”
- Hungarian: “Bereczk”
- Irish: “Brețcu”
- Italian: “Bretcu”
- Italian: “Brețcu”
- Malay: “Breţcu”
- Malay: “Brețcu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Brețcu”
- Polish: “Brețcu (gmina)”
- Polish: “Brețcu”
- Portuguese: “Breţcu”
- Portuguese: “Brețcu”
- Romanian: “Brețcu”
- Romanian: “Comuna Brețcu, Covasna”
- Russian: “Брецку”
- Serbian: “Општина Брецку”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Brețcu, Covasna”
- Spanish: “Breţcu”
- Spanish: “Brețcu”
- Tatar: “Брецку (коммуна)”
- Tatar: “Брецку”
- Turkish: “Brețcu”
- Ukrainian: “Брецку”
- Vietnamese: “Bretcu”
- Vietnamese: “Brețcu”
- Volapük: “Brețcu”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pasul Oituz and Gara Bălani.
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