Arad (Romania)

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Arad is a city in Arad county, in western Romania, in Crisana, 159 miles southeast of Budapest by rail.

It is situated on the right bank of the river Mureş, and consists of the inner town and five suburbs. Arad is a modern-built town, and contains many handsome private and public buildings, including a cathedral. It is the seat of a Greek Orthodox bishop, and possesses a Greek Orthodox theological seminary, two training schools for teachers, a Romanian and a Hungarian one, and a conservatoire for music.