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BRAD – The Gold Road

BRAD – The Gold Road. The city of the Gold Museum. population 16 . 414 area 79,98 km2. Brad – city in Hunedoara County in Romania situated in a flat area in Apuseni Mountains city mentioned in documents for the first time in 1445 famous settlement for the brown coal and gold excavation

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BRAD – The Gold Road

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  1. BRAD – The Gold Road The city of the Gold Museum

  2. population 16.414 area 79,98 km2 20-22 of june 2007

  3. Brad – city in Hunedoara County in Romania • situated in a flat area in Apuseni Mountains • city mentioned in documents for the first time in 1445 • famous settlement for the brown coal and gold excavation • 2000 years of documentary attestation of the gold mine 20-22 of june 2007

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  5. the mine Barza – Brad – one of the biggest in Europe • the gold mine was stopped in 2006 20-22 of june 2007

  6. The Gold Museum • the most attractive objective for tourists, unique in Europe • there are exhibited over 2000 exhibits of native gold • probably the most important collection of this type in the world • the native gold collection comes from the gold mines from the Metaliferi Mountains 20-22 of june 2007

  7. there are exhibited old utilities and objects used at the auriferous minerals extraction and processing • gold in minerals appears under different forms: fine dispersed, free or together with other minerals and rare chemical combination of gold with tellurium • the exposed minerals have various, very interesting shapes remarked by visitors 20-22 of june 2007

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  9. The Gold Road • a touristic objective that wants to put forward the villages, mining settlements built around the mines from Brad area • the beginning of the route is the Gold Museum • it covers the picturesque area Musariu –Ruda – “12 Apostle” – Barza • an objective on the route is Galeria “Treptele Romane” (“The Roman Steps” Tunnel) digged in the rock – a proof of 2000 years of mining in the area • on the route – the underground visitation of a board • the route crosses the roadway 74 and comes back to Brad • the route has about 11 Km and today it isn’t in a good maintenance because of the closed mining activity 20-22 of june 2007

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  11. The project includes: • the repair of the road • public lighting • sanitation of mining areas • sedimentation basins • sanitation of water courses • the adequate repair of the Galeria “Treptele Romane” (“The Roman Steps” Tunnel) • the underground visitation of the Barza mine • a commercial infrastructure to be created having symbol articles specific for the area 20-22 of june 2007

  12. The Gold Road remains a witness of the traditional trade – mining and gold excavations • on this route it was carried the biggest amount of gold from Europe 20-22 of june 2007

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