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Baia, the Glossary

Baia (Baja, Stadt Molde, or Moldenmarkt; Moldvabánya; Civitas Moldaviae) is a commune in Suceava County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, northeastern Romania with a population of 6,793 (2002 census).^[1]

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25 relations: Ban (title), Battle of Baia, Bogdan the Founder, Franciscans, Gravel road, Grigore Ureche, Kiliia, Louis I of Hungary, Masonry heater, Matthias Corvinus, Moldavia, Moldova (river), Palisade, Primary Chronicle, Reformation, Romania, Siret, Slag, Stephen the Great, Suceava, Suceava County, Târg, Transylvania, Transylvanian Saxons, Western Moldavia.
Former capitals of Romania
Market towns in Moldavia

Ban (title)

Ban was the title of local rulers or officeholders, similar to viceroy, used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 20th centuries.

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Battle of Baia

The Battle of Baia (Bătălia de la Baia; moldvabányai csata) was fought on December 15, 1467, between Moldavian prince Stephen the Great and the Hungarian king, Matthias Corvinus.

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Bogdan the Founder

Bogdan I, commonly known as Bogdan the Founder (Bogdan Întemeietorul), was the first independent ruler, or voivode, of Moldavia in the 1360s.

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.

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Gravel road

A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed.

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Grigore Ureche

Grigore Ureche (1590–1647) was a Moldavian chronicler who wrote on Moldavian history in his Letopisețul Țării Moldovei (Chronicles of the Land of Moldavia), covering the period from 1359 to 1594.

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Kiliia

Kiliia or Kilia (Кілія,; Килия; Chilia Nouă) is a city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine.

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Louis I of Hungary

Louis I, also Louis the Great (Nagy Lajos; Ludovik Veliki; Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian (Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370.

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Masonry heater

A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature for a long period.

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Matthias Corvinus

Matthias Corvinus (Hunyadi Mátyás; Matia/Matei Corvin; Matija/Matijaš Korvin; Matej Korvín; Matyáš Korvín) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490, as Matthias I. After conducting several military campaigns, he was elected King of Bohemia in 1469 and adopted the title Duke of Austria in 1487.

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Moldavia

Moldavia (Moldova, or Țara Moldovei, literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.

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Moldova (river)

The Moldova (Moldova,, Moldau) is a river in Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia.

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Palisade

A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall.

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Primary Chronicle

The Russian Primary Chronicle, commonly shortened to Primary Chronicle (translit, commonly transcribed Povest' vremennykh let (PVL)), is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110.

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Reformation

The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Siret

Siret (Sereth; Szeretvásár; Seret; Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. Baia and Siret are former capitals of Romania and market towns in Moldavia.

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Slag

Slag is a by-product of smelting (pyrometallurgical) ores and recycled metals.

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Stephen the Great

Stephen III, commonly known as Stephen the Great (Ștefan cel Mare); died on 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 in a conspiracy organized by his brother and Stephen's uncle Peter III Aaron, who took the throne.

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Suceava

Suceava is a municipality and the namesake county seat town of Suceava County, situated in the historical regions of Bukovina and Moldavia, northeastern Romania and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe respectively. Baia and Suceava are former capitals of Romania.

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Suceava County

Suceava County is a county (județ) of Romania.

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Târg

A târg was a medieval Romanian periodic fair or a market town.

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Transylvania

Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal; Erdély; Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald, also Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.

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Transylvanian Saxons

The Transylvanian Saxons (Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: Siweberjer Såksen or simply Soxen, singularly Sox or Soax; Transylvanian Landler: Soxn or Soxisch; Sași ardeleni, sași transilvăneni/transilvani; erdélyi szászok) are a people of mainly German ethnicity and overall Germanic origin —mostly Luxembourgish and from the Low Countries initially during the medieval Ostsiedlung process, then also from other parts of present-day Germany— who settled in Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically also Überwald, Transsilvania, Septem Castra or Septem Castrensis, Medieval Latin: Trānsylvānia) in various waves, starting from the mid and mid-late 12th century until the mid 19th century.

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Western Moldavia

Western Moldavia (Moldova Occidentală, Moldova de Apus, Moldova de Vest), also called Romanian Moldavia, or simply just Moldova is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the Principality of Moldavia also included, at various times in its history, the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina, and Hertsa; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it, the northern part of Bukovina, and Hertsa form territories of Ukraine.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia

Also known as Bája, Civitas Moldaviae, Diocese of Baia, Market town of Moldavia, Moldenmarkt, Moldvabánya, Roman Catholic Diocese of Baia, Târgul Moldovei.