''Gazeta de Transilvania'' was the first

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newspaper to be published in

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. It was founded by

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in 1838 in

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. It played a very important role in the awakening of the Romanian national conscience in Transylvania, and sowed the seeds for the

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Bibliography

* Academia Republicii Populare Romîne, Dicţionar Enciclopedic Romîn, Editura Politică, București, 1962–1964.

External links

Digitized Gazeta de Transilvania (1838-1852)
at '' Lucian Blaga Central University Library'' of Cluj-Napoca,

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About Gazeta de Transilvania (Romanian)
at Lucian Blaga Central University Library, Cluj-Napoca, Romania {{DEFAULTSORT:Gazeta De Transilvania Romanian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1838 1838 establishments in the Austrian Empire