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Brașov

Brașov is a city in , . It's set in the in the centre of the country, 180 km from Bucharest. It's mostly a modern industrial city with a population of about 250,000, but the reason to visit is the well-preserved Old Town.
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  • Type: City with 253,000 residents
  • Description: city in Brașov County, Romania
  • Also known as: “40198”, “Brasov”, “Braşov”, “Brassó”, “Kronstadt”, “Municipiul Brasov”, “Municipiul Braşov”, and “Stalin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biserica Neagră and Catherine’s Gate.

Church
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The Black Church, stands in the city of Brașov in south-eastern , . It was built by the local Transylvanian Saxon community of the city during medieval times and represents the main Gothic-style monument in the country, as well as being the…

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Catherine's Gate in Brașov, , was built by the Tailors’ Guild, in 1559 for defensive purposes to replace an old gate destroyed by a flood in 1526.

Peak
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is a mountain, part of the , located in the southern part of the and almost entirely surrounded by the city of Brașov.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Șcheii Brașovului and Sanpetru.

Neighborhood
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is the old ethnically Bulgarian and Romanian neighborhood of Brașov, a city in southeastern , Romania. This -like section of the town is mostly made up of small houses built along narrow roads with gardens and small fields on the slopes of the .

Village
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is a village.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Brașov

Latitude
45.6525° or 45° 39′ 9″ north
Longitude
25.6106° or 25° 36′ 38″ east
Population
253,000
Elevation
837 metres (2,746 feet)
Open location code
8GQ7MJ36+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 265006357
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6691648
Wiki­data ID
Q82174
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Brașov” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Braşov”
  • Achinese: “Brașov”
  • Albanian: “Brashovi”
  • Albanian: “Brașov”
  • Arabic: “براشوف”
  • Aragonese: “Braşov”
  • Aragonese: “Brașov”
  • Armenian: “Բրաշով”
  • Asturian: “Brașov”
  • Asturian: “Brassó”
  • Asturian: “Braszów”
  • Asturian: “Corona”
  • Asturian: “Kronstadt”
  • Azerbaijani: “Braşov”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brаșоv”
  • Basque: “Brașov”
  • Basque: “Kronstadt”
  • Basque: “Orasul Stalin”
  • Belarusian: “Брашаў”
  • Belarusian: “Брашоў”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাসোভ”
  • Breton: “Brasov”
  • Breton: “Brașov”
  • Bulgarian: “Брашов”
  • Bulgarian: “Николае Александру Басараб”
  • Catalan: “Brasov”
  • Catalan: “Braşov”
  • Catalan: “Brașov”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Brașov”
  • Central Kurdish: “براشۆڤ”
  • Chechen: “Брашов”
  • Chinese: “布拉索夫”
  • Croatian: “Braşov”
  • Croatian: “Brașov”
  • Czech: “Brasov”
  • Czech: “Brašov”
  • Czech: “Braşov”
  • Czech: “Brașov”
  • Danish: “Brasov”
  • Danish: “Braşov”
  • Danish: “Brașov”
  • Dutch: “Braşov”
  • Dutch: “Brașov”
  • Dutch: “Brassó”
  • Dutch: “Kronstadt”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براشوف”
  • Esperanto: “Braşov”
  • Esperanto: “Brașov”
  • Esperanto: “Braŝovo”
  • Esperanto: “Brassó”
  • Esperanto: “Kronstadt”
  • Estonian: “Brasov”
  • Estonian: “Braşov”
  • Estonian: “Brașov”
  • Estonian: “Brassó”
  • Finnish: “Brasov”
  • Finnish: “Braşov”
  • Finnish: “Brașov”
  • French: “Braşov”
  • French: “Brașov”
  • French: “Brassó”
  • French: “Kronstadt”
  • Galician: “Braşov”
  • Galician: “Brașov”
  • Georgian: “ბრაშოვი”
  • Georgian: “ევროპული მარშრუტი E60”
  • German: “Brașov”
  • German: “Brassó”
  • German: “Brassovia”
  • German: “Kronstadt”
  • German: “Krunen”
  • German: “Orasul Stalin”
  • German: “Orașul Stalin”
  • German: “Stephanopolis”
  • Greek: “Μπρασόβ”
  • Greek: “Μπράσοβ”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રાસોવ”
  • Hebrew: “אורשול סטאלין”
  • Hebrew: “אורשול סטלין”
  • Hebrew: “בראשוב”
  • Hebrew: “ברשוב”
  • Hindi: “ब्रासोव”
  • Hungarian: “Brașov”
  • Hungarian: “Brassó”
  • Hungarian: “Kronstadt”
  • Ido: “Braşov”
  • Ido: “Brașov”
  • Indonesian: “Brasov”
  • Indonesian: “Braşov”
  • Indonesian: “Brașov”
  • Indonesian: “Brassó”
  • Interlingue: “Braşov”
  • Interlingue: “Brașov”
  • Irish: “Brașov”
  • Italian: “Braşov”
  • Italian: “Brașov”
  • Italian: “Brassó”
  • Italian: “Kronstadt”
  • Japanese: “ブラショヴ”
  • Japanese: “ぶらしょぶ”
  • Japanese: “ブラショブ”
  • Japanese: “ブラッショー”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾಸೊವ್”
  • Korean: “브라소브”
  • Korean: “브라쇼브”
  • Latin: “Brassovia”
  • Latin: “Corona”
  • Latvian: “Brašova”
  • Limburgan: “Braşov”
  • Limburgan: “Brașov”
  • Lithuanian: “Brașov”
  • Lithuanian: “Brašovas”
  • Lithuanian: “Brassó”
  • Lithuanian: “Kronstadt”
  • Luxembourgish: “Brașov”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Brashov”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Braşov”
  • Macedonian: “Брашов”
  • Malay: “Brasov”
  • Malay: “Braşov”
  • Malay: “Brașov”
  • Maltese: “Brasov”
  • Maltese: “Brașov”
  • Marathi: “ब्रासोव”
  • Minangkabau: “Brașov”
  • Moksha: “Брашов”
  • Mongolian: “Брашов”
  • Narom: “Brașov”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brașov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brasov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Braşov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brașov”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brassó”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brasov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brașov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brassó”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brassovia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Corona”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kronstadt”
  • Norwegian: “Brașov”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brașov”
  • Ossetian: “Брашов”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਰਾਸੋਵ”
  • Persian: “براشوف”
  • Persian: “براشوو”
  • Polish: “Braşov”
  • Polish: “Brassó”
  • Polish: “Braszów”
  • Polish: “Oraşul Stalin”
  • Portuguese: “Brasov”
  • Portuguese: “Braşov”
  • Portuguese: “Brașov”
  • Portuguese: “Brassó”
  • Portuguese: “Kronstadt”
  • Pushto: “براشوف”
  • Romanian: “Brashov”
  • Romanian: “Brasov”
  • Romanian: “Braşov”
  • Romanian: “Brașov”
  • Romanian: “Brassó”
  • Romanian: “Braszów”
  • Russian: “Брашов”
  • Russian: “Орашул-Сталин”
  • Scots: “Braşov”
  • Scots: “Brașov”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Brașov”
  • Serbian: “Braşov”
  • Serbian: “Брашов”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brašov”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Braşov”
  • Sicilian: “Braşov”
  • Sicilian: “Brașov”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රසොව්”
  • Slovak: “Brašov”
  • Slovenian: “Brașov”
  • South Azerbaijani: “براشوو”
  • Spanish: “Braöov”
  • Spanish: “Braşov”
  • Spanish: “Brașov”
  • Spanish: “Brassó”
  • Spanish: “Kronstadt”
  • Spanish: “Orasul Stalin”
  • Spanish: “Oraşul Stalin”
  • Swedish: “Brasov”
  • Swedish: “Braşov”
  • Swedish: “Brașov”
  • Swedish: “Brassó”
  • Tajik: “Брашов”
  • Tamil: “ப்ராசோவ்”
  • Tatar: “Брашов”
  • Telugu: “బ్రసోవ్”
  • Thai: “บราชอฟ”
  • Thai: “บราซอฟ”
  • Turkish: “Brasov”
  • Turkish: “Braşov”
  • Turkish: “Brașov”
  • Turkish: “Oraşul Stalin”
  • Tyap: “Bi̱rashop”
  • Tyap: “Brașov”
  • Tyap: “Brassó”
  • Tyap: “Kronstadt”
  • Ukrainian: “Брашов”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Brașov”
  • Urdu: “براشوو”
  • Uzbek: “Brashov”
  • Venetian: “Brașov”
  • Veps: “Brašov”
  • Vietnamese: “Brasov”
  • Vietnamese: “Brașov”
  • Vlax Romani: “Brașov”
  • Volapük: “Braşov”
  • Volapük: “Brașov”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Braşov”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brașov”
  • Welsh: “Brașov”
  • Western Panjabi: “براشوو”
  • Wu Chinese: “布拉索夫”
  • Yue Chinese: “布拉索夫”
  • “Brașov”

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