Jilava Prison
Jilava Prison is a prison located in Jilava, a village south of Bucharest, Romania.Photo: Pinculetz22, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
- Type: Prison
- Description: Jilava Penitentiary, Romania
- Also known as: “Jilava prison”
- Address: Strada Sabarului 8, Jilava
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort 13 Jilava and Jilava railway station.
Fort 13 Jilava
Fort
Photo: Pinculetz22, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Fort 13 Jilava is situated 260 metres south of Jilava Prison.
Jilava railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 cz.
Jilava railway station is situated 710 metres north of Jilava Prison.
Arhiva Națională de Filme
Archives
Arhiva Națională de Filme is a film archive located in Bucharest, Romania. It is a member of the Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques. Arhiva Națională de Filme is situated 2 km west of Jilava Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jilava and Apărătorii Patriei Quarter.
Jilava
Village
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Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava. The name derives from a Romanian word of Slavic origin meaning "humid place".
Apărătorii Patriei Quarter
Suburb
Berceni
Suburb
Berceni is a district of southern Bucharest. Berceni is situated 6 km north of Jilava Prison.
Jilava Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Bucharest, Wallachian Plain, Muntenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.33549° or 44° 20′ 8″ northLongitude
26.1074° or 26° 6′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8GP884P4+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 239907733OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=prisonWikidata ID
Q12737764
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Romanian—“Jilava Prison” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “presó de Jilava”
- Czech: “Jilavská věznice”
- French: “prison de Jilava”
- French: “Prison de Jilava”
- Hebrew: “בית הכלא ז’ילאבה”
- Hungarian: “jilavai börtön”
- Hungarian: “Jilavai börtön”
- Italian: “Carcere di Jilava”
- Italian: “Penitenziario Bucarest-Jilava”
- Italian: “Penitenziario con regime di massima sicurezza Bucarest”
- Italian: “Penitenziario di Jilava”
- Italian: “Prigione di Jilava”
- Romanian: “Închisoarea Jilava”
- Romanian: “Penitenciarul cu regim de maximă siguranţă Bucureşti”
- Romanian: “Penitenciarul cu regim de maximă siguranță București”
- Romanian: “Penitenciarul Jilava”
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