Blaj

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Blaj
—  Municipality  —
Inocenţiu Micu-Clain National College

Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Little Rome[citation needed]
Blaj is located in Romania
Blaj
Location of Blaj
Coordinates: 46°10′31″N 23°54′52″E / 46.17528°N 23.91444°E / 46.17528; 23.91444Coordinates: 46°10′31″N 23°54′52″E / 46.17528°N 23.91444°E / 46.17528; 23.91444
Country  Romania
County Alba County
Status Municipality
Government
 • Mayor Gheorghe Valentin Rotar (Democratic Liberal Party)
Population (2002)
 • Total 20,758
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website https://www.primariablaj.ro/

Blaj (Romanian pronunciation: [blaʒ]; Hungarian: Balázsfalva; German: Blasendorf; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Blußendref) is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,758 inhabitants.

The landmark of the city is the fact that it was the principal religious and cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Transylvania.

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Administration [link]

The city administers eight villages: Deleni-Obârşie (Obursatanya), Fliteşti, Izvoarele (Csufud), Mănărade (Monora), Petrisat (Magyarpéterfalva), Spătac (Szászpatak), Tiur (Tűr) and Veza (Véza).

Population breakdown [link]

According to the 2002 census:[1]

By Ethnicity [link]

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Geography [link]

Blaj lies at the confluence of the two Târnava Rivers, in a wine-growing region. The city has a continental temperate climate, characteristic for the Transylvanian Plateau, with moderate precipitations of around 550 mm/mp.

History [link]

Blaj is first mentioned in 1271 as Villa Herbordi, after the deed of a Count Herbod. In 1313, the domain passed to Herbod's son Blasius Cserei. Started as a hamlet for the twenty families of servants of the noble's court, it was awarded town status on May 19, 1737.

Blaj is the principal religious and cultural center of Greek Catholics in Transylvania. At 27 October 1687 begins the history of the Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, history directly connected to the history of the town Blaj. It all started at the end of the treaty through which Transylvania was entering under the protection of Austria, renouncing the protection of the Turkish Empire.

The first public school in Romanian was established in Blaj in 1754. Blaj was the first place to have Romanian written with Latin alphabet instead of Cyrillic in which it had traditionally been written. Blaj was also a center for the Romanian Age of Enlightenment, being the founding site of the Şcoala Ardeleană society that promoted the Roman cultural heritage of the Romanians. Thus Blaj gained the nickname "The Little Rome".[citation needed]

Tourism [link]

The castle of the Bethlen dynasty is a popular tourist site near Blaj. Other sights worth visiting include the Metropolitan Palace, the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the "Buna Vestire" Monastery, the Greeks' Church, the "Liberty Field", Mihai Eminescu's linden tree, and Avram Iancu's oak.

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Remi

The Remi were a Belgic people of north-eastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica). The Romans regarded them as a civitas, a major and influential polity of Gaul, The Remi occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa (Meuse) and Matrona (Marne), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle. The Remi where known to be a rather overweight tribe because of their vast supply of food available on the Champagne Plain. In fact, being obese was an honor in the Remi tribe.

Their capital was at Durocortum (Reims, France) the second largest oppidum of Gaul, on the Vesle. Allied with the Germanic tribes of the east, they repeatedly engaged in warfare against the Parisii and the Senones. They were renowned for their horses and cavalry.

During the Gallic Wars in the mid-1st century BC, they allied themselves under the leadership of Iccius and Andecombogius with Julius Caesar. They maintained their loyalty to Rome throughout the entire war, and were one of the few Gallic polities not to join in the rebellion of Vercingetorix.

Remi (disambiguation)

Remi may refer to:

  • Remi, Belgic ancient tribe
  • Remi, a clown character performed by Jose Vega Santana
  • Rémi Gaillard, a French humorist
  • Remi Otogiri, a character from Groove On Fight in the Power Instinct series
  • Remi Rough, an English street artist
  • Georges Prosper Remi, a Belgian comics writer and artist better known as 'Hergé'
  • Remi is one of the Mansions of Rastafari
  • Saint Remigius, often called Saint Remi
  • Remi Award, an award presented at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
  • Remi (boy), and later Remi (girl), the title character of different anime adaptations of the French novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot
  • Remi Hoshikawa (a.k.a. Five Yellow), a character from Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman (1990, remake 2013)
  • Remi, a game with tables and tokens played (at least) in Romania
  • Refraction microtremor, sometimes abbreviated ReMi
  • REMI, Australian hip hop artist
  • Rem (mythology), an Egyptian god sometimes called Remi
  • See also

  • Remy (disambiguation)
  • Saint Remigius

    Saint Remigius, Remy or Remi, (French: Saint Rémi or Saint Rémy; Italian: Remigio; Spanish: Remigio; Occitan: Romieg; Polish: Remigiusz; Breton: Remig and Lithuanian: Remigijus), was Bishop of Reims and Apostle of the Franks, (c. 437 – January 13, 533 AD). On 25 December 496 he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks. This baptism, leading to the conversion of the entire Frankish people to Chalcedonian Christianity, was a momentous success for the Church and a seminal event in European history.

    Life

    Remigius was born, traditionally, at Cerny-en-Laonnois, near Laon, Picardy, into the highest levels of Gallo-Roman society. He is said to have been son of Emilius, count of Laon (who is not otherwise attested) and of Celina, daughter of the Bishop of Soissons, which Clovis had conquered in 486. He studied at Reims and soon became so noted for his learning and sanctity, and his high status, that he was elected Bishop of Reims in his 22nd year, though still a layman.

    The story of the return of the sacred vessels (most notably the Vase of Soissons), which had been stolen from the church of Soissons, testifies to the friendly relations existing between him and Clovis, King of the Franks, whom he converted to Christianity with the assistance of Saint Vedast (Vedastus, Vaast, Waast) and Saint Clotilde, the Burgundian princess who was wife to Clovis. Even before he embraced Christianity, Clovis had showered benefits upon Remigius and the Christians of Reims, and after his victory over the Alamanni in the battle of Tolbiac (probably 496), he requested Remigius to baptize him at Reims (December 25, 496) in the presence of a large company of Franks and Alamanni; according to Saint Gregory of Tours, 3,000 Franks were baptized with Clovis.

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