City, and main county of the region with the same name, is situated on the) Mures, especially on the right side of it. Almost half the city is crossed by Muresul Dead, and the NV is the file, both former courses Mures. Minimum altitude is Tnregistreaza in the the limit for V. Ceala Forest (104 m), the maximum in the S to Fantanele (120 m). In the urban space are obvious Tnca former localities (now districts) embedded in the city (MicSlaca, Bujacu Mare Aradu New Gai, Sannicolau Breakfast).

Arad The city is located on ND 7, 543 km from the capital fSrii at 153 km from Deva and 47 km from the Nadlac E 64, the frontiers of Hungary. In relation to other major cities are located around 50 km from Timisoara (DN 69 / E 671) and 115 km from Oradea (DN 79 / E 671). By f'erata, fafa from Bucharest is 599 km situeazS to make | a of 57 km from Timisoara, Oradea and from to 121 km. Arad Of porrlesc csi main and secondary lines in 6 directions, the city being one of the nodes with an intense rail traffic of goods and cSlatori. Also, the city has an A modernized airport, daily flights are executed to Bucharest.

Arad holds a place in culture meant nationals in the liberation movements nationals, offering people many Romanian personalities. In the field of education, the first Romanian scoalS is infiinteazS in 1721, but now seamS alive culturalS aradeana was 1-appearance in 1812 of Preparandiei. Among the personalities shine Tichindeal D. (cSrturar Enlightenment), Diaconovici-Loga (successor of the Transylvanian School), Sandor Atanasie (and philologist and historian), Gavra Alexander (author of one of the first pieces tealru) and others. Also, with gold letters are written by people numclc culture and patriotic!

As were Joseph Hodos (founding member of the Astra and the Romanian Academy), he and Vasile loan Goldis, St. Cicio-Pop (militant! Important for the Union). D. Panaitescu-Perpessicius (editor and literary critic I) Ion and Vidu Sabin Dragoi (composers). Occurring in other gymnasiums \ sec beginning. XX, Arad and today has 22 high schools with different profiles, which provide training necessary for the economy, education and cullurii entire county. Since 1948, continuing the traditions of theater and music.

The second half of the last century, have established State Theater and the State Philharmonic. Among activitajile sustained amateur artists and professionals are those performed by folk Asamblea Doina Muresului "chamber choir" Emil Monti has Dating since 1853, School of Arts and anchored in the past decades, more than viaje cultural activity in the city. Arad From 1990 to become university center with two universities: one state "Aurel Vlaicu" Two and a particular facultiiji ^ "Vasile Goldis with 7 faculties. Arad The city was one of strong journalism center of Transylvania, here defending numerous magazines and newspapers such as "Arader Zeitung" (which relate echo Union of 24 January 1859), "Gura village" and "Minte and heart" (which reflected The war of independents Romania), "Arad", "Tribuna", "Paul" (supplement to the "Roman people"), "Light", "Meeting invajStorilor, Pages Iiterare" etc.. which have played an important role in the propagation national ideas. In the first part of May is organizeazS, two in two years, cultural and artistic expressions "arSdeana Spring" (first edition was held in 1969.

Documentary attestation of incS sec. XI (1028), Arad is one of the oldest asezSri urban perimeter in cSreia were discovered archeological evidence attests that continuous habitation from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, the Dacians, Daco-Romanian and training of the Romanian people .

Thus, in Arad-Vladimirescu have discovered traces of a settlement Romanian sec. VIII-IX and a fortress of land in sec. IX-XI, distrusS during the war between Ahtum (Glad his successors) and Cuceritorii led by Chanadinus. Arad then listed in numerous documents from the years 1156, 1177, 1214 etc., but development is slowed by navalirea tStarilor (1241) and the Turkish occupation (being conquered in 1552). A 1-important moment in history was the city and the country tarSnesc war led by Gheorghe Doja, attended and peasants of feudal aradean. TurceascS domination of 1687 is replaced with the habsburgicS and in 1740 became city chamber Arad privileged. In 1784 it transforms into a center for repression of rascoalei led by Horea, and Crisan CloscArad In sec.

Arad XIX city is a center of strong movements for social and national emancipation, which culminates with the revolution of 1848. A strong reaction wake instauration two-tier regime Austro-Hungarian in 1867, Romanians working mostly from Arad in memorandiste movement and during the process of 1894 in Cluj (involving 2 000 aradeni). At the end of sec. XIX and the beginning of sec. XX, Arad became the political center of the Romanian national movement. Arad Role in National Movement of the Romanians in Transylvania is the setting concretizeazS here to the Town Council for National Roman Central (whose president was St. Cicio-Pop), and between 2 November and 1 December 1918 is the first city government Romanian TransylvaniArad By the Great Union Organizing, Arad city had to contribute to achieving the dream of centuries the Romanian people.