Satu Mare is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011) and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the center of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as castrum Zotmar ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in northwestern Romania.
Major tourists attractions are:
- the Administrative Palace, at 97 m (318 ft), one of the tallest buildings in Romania
- the Capitoline Wolf statue
- the Chain Church
- the Dacia Hotel
- the Decebal Street Synagogue
- the Firemen's Tower, a 47 m (154 ft) tall tower
- the Garden of Rome
- the Roman Catholic Cathedral
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