Gazeta de Transilvania
Encyclopedia
Gazeta de Transilvania was the first Romanian-language
newspaper to be published in Transylvania
. It was founded by George Bariţ
in 1838 in Braşov
. It played a very important role in the awakening of the Romanian national conscience in Transylvania, and sowed the seeds for the revolution of 1848
.
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
newspaper to be published in Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
. It was founded by George Bariţ
George Barit
George Bariţ , often rendered as George Bariţiu, was a Romanian historian, philologist, playwright, politician, businessman and journalist, the founder of the Romanian language press in Transylvania.- Biography :...
in 1838 in Braşov
Brasov
Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
. It played a very important role in the awakening of the Romanian national conscience in Transylvania, and sowed the seeds for the revolution of 1848
Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas
From March 1848 through July 1849, the Habsburg Austrian Empire was threatened by revolutionary movements. Much of the revolutionary activity was of a nationalist character: the empire, ruled from Vienna, included Austrian Germans, Hungarians, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Ruthenians,...
.
External links
- Digitized Gazeta de Transilvania (1838-1852) at Lucian Blaga Central University LibraryCentral University Library of Cluj-NapocaThe Lucian Blaga Central University Library of Cluj-Napoca serves Babeş-Bolyai University in Romania.-History:The library was founded in 1872, at the same time as the University of Cluj...
of Cluj-NapocaCluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... - About Gazeta de Transilvania (Romanian) at Lucian Blaga Central University Library, Cluj-Napoca, Romania