This region's coat of arms contains a bearded vulture and seven towers, the latter of which is reflected in its German name, Siebenburgen. Its major rivers include the Olt, Someş [SOH-mesh] and Mureş [MOO-resh], which drain into the Danube. Mostly co
This region's coat of arms contains a bearded vulture and seven towers, the latter of which is reflected in its German name, Siebenburgen. Its major rivers include the Olt, Someş [SOH-mesh] and Mureş [MOO-resh], which drain into the Danube. Mostly consisting of a plateau about 1000 feet above sea level, its western side slopes down to the Pannonian Plain and Bihor Mountains. For 10 points, name this region that borders the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, whose name literally means "beyond the forest."
This region's coat of arms contains a bearded vulture and seven towers, the latter of which is reflected in its German name, Siebenburgen.
{Transylvania} [or {Erdély}; accept {Siebenbürgen} before it is read]