Jilava

Jilava is a commune near in Ilfov county, Romania, located close to Bucharest, the national capital. Bucharest. The king Carol I of Romania built a fort here, in order to assure the defensive system of his capital.

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Later, this fort has become prison and its sad fame is linked to the beginning of communist rule in Romania. After the WWII, Romania was occupied by the Red Army which installed a communist government formed mostly by Comintern agents.

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The name derives from a Romanian word meaning "humid place".

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Ilfov county: Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest. The gentrification of the co...

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Bucharest: Bucharest (Romanian: Bucure?ti) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania, located in the southeast of the country, on the D?mbovi?a river. The city proper has a population of 2,082,000 inhabitants, together with the metropolitan area comprising approximately 2.3 million pe...