Transylvania
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Magyar traditional costume, Transylvania, Romania. Transylvania was formerly part of Hungary but was ceded to Romania in 1920 by the Treaty of Triannon. Hungary finally renounced its claims on the area in 1996.
Mountainous area of central and northwestern Romania, bounded to the south by the Transylvanian Alps (an extension of the Carpathian Mountains). Formerly a principality, with its capital at Cluj-Napoca, it was part of Hungary from about 1000 until its people voted to unite with Romania 1918. In a 1996 treaty Hungary renounced its claims on Transylvania.
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