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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Caracal, Rumania
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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The capital of the department of Romanatzi, Rumania; situated in the plains between the lower reaches of the Jiu and Olt rivers, and on the railway from Corabia, beside the Danube, to Hermannstadt in Transylvania. Pop. (1900) 12,055. Caracal has little trade, except in grain. Its chief buildings are the prefecture, school of arts and crafts and several churches. There are some ruins of a tower, built in A.D. 217 by the Roman emperor Caracalla, after whom the place is named. In 1596 Michael the Brave of Walachia defeated the Turks near Caracal.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Caracal, Rumania'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/caracal-rumania.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Caracal, Rumania'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/caracal-rumania.html. 1910.
