Nearest Airports: Sibiu, Timisoara and Cluj
Area: 23.5 sq. miles (61 sq. km)
Elevation: 614 ft. (187 meters)
Population: 62,000
Inhabited since: 450 BC
First documented: 1269 AD (Castrum Deva)
Oldest building in town: Magna Curia Palace (1582)
Deva is a large town in west – central Romania, set on the left bank of Mures River, not far from Romania's main coal and mineral mining area. Numerous artifacts dating from the Bronze Age, found in the area, indicate that Deva region has been inhabited since at least 450 BC.
The name Deva may have been given to the area by the leaders of the Roman Legion Augusta II who – in early 100s AD – has been transferred from Castrum Deva (Castra Devana) in Britania (today the city of Chester in England) to the newly conquered territory of Dacia / Transylvania
The Eyes of Sibiu are the iconic eyebrow dormers on the roofs of Sibiu's houses in Romania.
Built mostly between the 15th and 19th centuries, the eyes, which were used as a ventilation system for the houses' attics, have given Sibiu the nickname of "The City Where Houses Don't Sleep"
