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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Arad, Romania, People from Arad County, Populated places in Arad County, Oskar Kaufmann, Ioan Fluera, FC UTA Arad, Emerich Jenei, Ioan Slavici, Vasile Goldi, George Draga, The 13 Martyrs of Arad, Ioan T. Morar, Helmuth Duckadam, Magdolna Purgly, Frumu eni Mosaics, Lipova, Arad, Vagonul Arad, Ineu, Pecica, Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza, Chi ineu-Cri, N dlac, Stefan Dunjov, Nicolae Pantea, Petru Dugulescu, Curtici, CS Gloria Arad, Via, Veritas, Vita, Pancota, Sebi, Santana, Arad International Airport, Adrian Drida, CS ACU Arad, Mihai Beniuc, Stadionul Francisc von Neumann, Adam Muller-Guttenbrunn, Csernovics Ujfalu, Zimand puszta, Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, Stadionul Motorul, Stadionul Atletico. Excerpt: Arad (Romanian pronunciation: Hungarian: Serbian: Arad) is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Cri ana region, on the river Mure . An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training school for teachers and a music conservatory. The city has a population of approximately 172,000, making it the 13th largest city in Romania. Arad is the third largest city in the western part of the country following nearby Timi oara and Oradea. Arad was first mentioned in documents in the 11th century. The Mongol invasion of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1241 showed the importance of the fortifications on this place, to which were added in the second half of the 13th century more stone fortresses at oimo (Solymos), iria (Vilagos), and Dezna (Dezna). The Ottoman Empire conquered the region from Hungary in 1551 and kept it until the Peace of Karlowitz of 1699. Arad became an eyalet center, which comprised the sanjaks of Arad, Lugoj, Kaca, Be lek and Yanova from 1660 t...
