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Hunedoara County
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( river. It is the capital of
Hunedoara County in
Romania and has almost 100,000 inhabitants, including subordinated villages. In Ancient Times it was a Dacian fortress called Singidava.
The name ''Deva'' is considered to come from the ancient
Dacia n word ''dava'', meaning "fortress" (e.g Pelendava, Piroboridava, Zargidava etc). Other theories trace the name to a
Roman Legion , II Augusta, transferred to Deva from Castrum Deva, now
Chester in
Britain . On medieval maps, Deva appears as ''Deva'' or ''Dewan''.
Documentary evidence of the city's existence first appeared in
1269 . Under
Voivod John Hunyadi , Deva became an important military and administrative centre. Partially destroyed by the
Ottoman Turks in
1550 , it was afterward rebuilt and the fortress extended. In
1621 Prince
Gabriel Bethlen transformed and extended the
Magna Curia Palace (also known as the Bethlen Castle) in
Renaissance style.
Mining, foodstuffs,
Civil Engineering , and power industries are important to Deva's economy. A private University of Ecology and Tourism was established in the city in
1990 , and the academic centres of
Timişoara and
Cluj-Napoca have opened branches in the city. Deva is also the home of Romania's national gymnastics training centre,
Cetate Deva . Deva is dominated by
Citadel Hill , a protected
Nature Reserve because of its rare floral species and the presence of the
Horned Adder . Perched on the top of the hill are the ruins of the Citadel built in the
13th Century .
