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Szasz Sebes
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Sebeș

Romania
Also known as: Mühlbach, Szasz Sebes
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Sebeș, town, Alba județ (county), west-central Romania. It lies in the valley of the Sebeș River, on a major Romanian highway. The site had Neolithic and Daco-Roman settlements before Sebeș was refounded in the 12th century by German settlers. Sebeș was an important town in medieval Transylvania. By the 14th century it had survived a Tatar sacking and had been refortified, but in 1438 it fell to the Turks.

The Evangelical church in Sebeș is a monumental work of Romanesque and Gothic architecture completed over a period of two centuries. The Zápolya House, now containing a district museum, is where the Diet of Transylvania was summoned in 1556 and 1600. Modern Sebeș is an industrial town, with leather, textile, and wood industries. Pop. (2007 est.) 29,225.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.
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