Union of Transylvania with Romania
The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on 1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1918 by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day, celebrated on 1 December, is a national holiday in Romania that celebrates this event. The holiday was established after the Romanian Revolution, and celebrates the unification not only of Transylvania, but also of Bessarabia and Bukovina and parts of Banat, Crișana and Maramureș with the Romanian Kingdom. Bessarabia and Bukovina had joined with the Kingdom of Romania earlier in 1918.
Romanian troops marching in Transylvania
Romanians in the Kingdom of Hungary according to Hungarian census in 1890
The Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia (December 1, 1918)
First page of Transilvania newspaper from December 1918, referring to the event
Alba Iulia is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a population of 63,536.
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Image: Castrum Apulum 2011 Porta Principalis Dextra 8
Image: Cetatea Alba Carolina Ansamblul fortificației „Cetatea Alba Iulia 16
Image: Alba Iulia Muzeul Unirii
