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Craiova
Craiova is a city in south-western Romania, the largest in the historical region of Oltenia. From the late 15th century it was the seat of the bans of Craiova, the leading boyars of Wallachia west of the Olt, and under Habsburg rule from 1718 to 1739 it was the capital of the Banat of Craiova. It was burned in 1800 by the forces of Osman Pazvantoğlu, the rebel pasha of Vidin.
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