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-Deva is a [[Romanian]] city situated on the left bank of the middle course of the Mures river. The name Deva is considered to come from the ancient
-[[Dacia]]n word ?dava? meaning fortress  (e.g -Pelendava, Piroboridava,
-Zargidava etc). Other theories trace back the name to a [[Roman legion|Roman Legion]], II Augusta, transferred around Deva from Castrum Deva, now
-[[Chester]] in [[Britain]]. On medieval maps, Deva (Diemrich or
-Schlossburg in [[German]] and Déva in Hungarian) appears on  as Deva
-or Dewan.
-Documentary evidence of the town's existence first appeared in 1269
-AD. Under Voevode (Duke) John Huniady (Iancu de Hunedoara or
-Ioan Corvinul in Romanian, Ioannus Corvinus in Latin, Janos Huniady
-in Hungarian) Deva became an important military and administrative
-centre. Partially destroyed by the Turks in 1550, was rebuilt and the
-fortress extended. In 1621 Prince Gabriel Bethlen transformed and
-extended the Magna Curia Palace also known as the Bethlen Castle
-in the Renaissance style.
-Today, Deva is the capital of [[Hunedoara]] County, with almost 100.000
-inhabitants, including the subordinated villages. Mining, food, civil
-engineering and power industries are present here. Also, a private
-University of Ecology and Tourism was established here in 1990, and
-the academic centres of Timisoara and Cluj-Napoca, opened here
-branches. Deva is dominated by Citadel Hill, a protected nature
-reserve thanks to its rare floral species and the horned adder.
-Perched on the top of the hill are the ruins of the Citadel built in XIII
-century.