More than 300 bird species live in the delta, including the White and Dalmatian Pelicans.
The listing in 1993 for Biertran and its fortified church was expanded to include six other Transylvanian villages in 1999: Calnic, Valea Viilor, Saschiz, Darjiu, Viscri, and Prejmer.
Built in 1693, Hurez Monastery is the largest of Wallachia's Brincoveanu complexes. It is the site of the school which established the distinctively Romanian style developed by Constantine Brincoveanu. Interior frescoes in the church have been tarnished by the smoke from fires lit by Turkish slaves who camped there.
The Geto-Dacian branch of the Thracians are mentioned for the first time by Herodotus in connection with the 514 BC expedition of Darius, the Persian king. The centre of their power was Transylvania, where, in the Orastie Mountains, still exist archaeological traces of their civilization. One of their most important leaders was king Burebista who controlled a large territory. He was assassinated in 44 BC, almost at the same time as Julius Ceasar, just before their confrontation.
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