Curtea de Argeș
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Curtea de Argeș is a city in Romania on the left bank of the river Argeș, where it flows through a valley of the Southern Carpathians, on the railway from Pitești to the Turnu Roșu Pass. It is part of
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Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului Olari din Curtea de Arges
Fostul Hotel Royal Curtea de Arges
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Battle of Posada
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The Battle of Posada was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I of Hungary. The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, manage
Dezső sacrifices himself protecting Charles Robert, by József Molnár, oil on canvas in 1855
The army of Charles Robert Anjou ambushed by Basarab's army at Posada from Vienna Illuminated Chronicle (1370/1373). The Vlach (Romanian) warriors rolled down rocks over the cliff edges in a place where the Hungarian mounted knights could neither escape from them nor climb the heights to dislodge the Vlach warriors.
The Battle of Posada as depicted in the Viennese Illuminated Chronicle
Battle of Posada as depicted in Johannes de Thurocz's Chronica Hungarorum (1488)