The symposium will be held in Alba Iulia, at the ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University, located
inside the medieval citadel of Alba Iulia.
Located in the heart of Transylvania, at the midway between Cluj-Napoca and Sibiu –
two important economic and cultural centres of Transylvania – Alba Iulia has won the
privilege of being “the soul capital of the Romanians”, place and seal of a historical
moment consecrating the union of Principalities - Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania
– as a single state: Romania.
Ancient Roman town and the medieval capital of the Transylvanian Principality, Alba
Iulia is also a historic centre of Romanian culture and spirituality that produced some of
the first printed Romanian books (the New Testament - 1648) and which also hosts one of
the famous codices in the world – Codex Aureus (sec. IX), preserved alongside others
manuscripts and rare incunabula in the Batthyaneum Library.
Looking for places and facts to enrich his mind and soul, the tireless researcher will not
refuse the pleasure to meet history at home in Alba Iulia. The whole city is an open air
museum inviting you to a simultaneous excursion in a Roman Castrum and a Vauban
fortress recently restored by municipality will provide lasting memories in a setting where
nothing is missing in order to make one feel a witness of the past.
5th edition
16-18 May
Alba Iulia - 2013
