Alba-Iulia în timpul revoluţiei de la 1848-1849
Alba-Iulia during the Revolution of 1848-1849
Author(s): Andrei Sabin FaurSubject(s): History
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: Transylvania; Alba-Iulia; 1848; revolution; garrison;
Summary/Abstract: In our study, we propose to present the role of the Alba-Iulia fortress during the revolution of 1848-1849, when it served as one of the most important military targets of the Habsburgs in Transylvania. The innovations of our approach are based on the gathered information from the volumes of documents on the history of the Transylvanian Revolution related to the role of the garrison in Alba-Iulia, as well as a gold and silver depot and silver, during the summer of 1848. Those reserves, along with the Vauban type fortifications and the strategic positioning led to the commencement of the siege upon the Fort by the Hungarian revolutionary army between April and July of 1849, a very important operation that was essential to the outcome of the entire campaign in Transylvania.
Journal: Astra Salvensis - revista de istorie si cultura
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 45-54
- Page Count: 10