Baia Mare, resident of County Maramures, is an important urban centre from North-West Romania. It located in west part of county. Thanks to its geographical advantegous position (situated on road DN 1C, the main road which connects the route Cluj Napoca-Dej-Satu Mare), Baia Mare perform the features of an important road and railway knot, constituing the connect point for localities in nearby. Even Baia Mare has just 160.000 inhabitans, is a well known city through industrial profile which it has remarked since 1934 with the date to foundation of chemical-Metallurgy factory Pheonix, the principal economic agent near the Autonom Direction of lead and zinc. Baia Mare is situated in zone of the eatable chestnut tree being from this kind of point of view an attraction. The first writing informations about Baia Mare present a development meaning centre with a medieval city aspect. In a document from 1411 is mentioned for the first time the Baia Mare Monetary, one of the most old workshop in Transylvania. The most important touristical attractions are the architectural medieval monuments: Church from wood, “Sfanta Treime” Church, “Iancu from Hunedoara” House, Stefan Tower, place of monetary etc. Near by these were built in the last time buildings with major interest: Ortodox Romanian Church, “ Adormirea Maicii Domnului” Cathedral, Culture house, Headquarters of prefect in Maramures county, dramatic theatre.
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