Alba Iulia (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌalba ˈjuli.a]; German: Karlsburg or Carlsburg, formerly Weißenburg, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, Latin: Apulum,Ottoman Turkish: Erdel Belgradı or Belgrad-ı Erdel) is a city located on the Mureş River in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 63,536 as of 2011. Since the High Middle Ages, the city has been the seat of Transylvania's Roman Catholic diocese. Between 1541 and 1690 it was the capital of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the latter Principality of Transylvania. Alba Iulia is historically important for Hungarians, Romanians and Transylvanian Saxons.
The city administers four villages: Bărăbanț (Borbánd), Micești (Ompolykisfalud), Oarda (Alsóváradja) and Pâclișa (Poklos).
During the Roman period the settlement was called Apulum (from the Dacian Apoulon, mentioned by Ptolemy). The early Slavic name of the settlement was Bălgrad (meaning "white castle" or "white town"). The old Romanian name of the town was Bălgrad, originated from Slavic. The "white city" was Latinized into Alba Julia or Alba Yulia.
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Let go all of the past
Everything is broken
Nothing ever lasts
Everything is broken
Nothing ever lasts
Fall back to the one thing
One thing that makes sense
Hold around each other
Be in the present tense
Everything is broken
Nothing ever lasts
Now here we are just like we've started
The ghost of love departed
Well, here we are just like we've started
The ghost of love departed
Take hold of this moment
Let go all of the past
Everything is broken
Nothing ever lasts
Everything is broken
Nothing ever lasts
Well, everything is broken
Nothing ever lasts
Everything is broken