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On the DN1, 11km north of Teius, is AIUD (Nagyenyed), an attractive
town despite the grim reputation of its prison, which was used to hold
Soviet spies during World War II and Iron Guardists after the Communist
takeover. From the train station it's a fifteen-minute walk to the
centre - head up Strada Cosbuc, just to the left of the station, and
after the stadium turn right then left past the prison to the bus
station on Strada Bailor. The town's centre has one of the oldest
fortresses in Transylvania, dating back to 1302, and still boasting a
full ring of walls and eight towers. It shelters two Hungarian churches
and a History Museum (Tues-Sun 9am-5pm); there's a display of stuffed
animals at the Natural Sciences Museum (Tues-Sun 10am-5pm) across the
road in the Bethlen College. Behind the fortress, the landmark turn-of-the-century
Industrial School rises up like a huge Renaissance palace.
The town's only hotel , the Muresul , is at Str. Transilvania 3 (tel
058/861 820; under $6), but there's also a pleasanter youth hostel , the
Casa Helvetica (tel 094/635 655, fax 861 258; $6-10), at Str. Gheorghe
Doja 53A, rather hidden away behind the petrol station at the northern
entrance to town, and a campsite , the Caprioara , 5km south of town on
the DN1.
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