Turda is a city in Romania in the region of Transylvania, in Cluj County, on the banks of the Aries River. It has been inhabited by humans since the Middle Paleolithic, some 60,000 years ago. Dacians and Romans built their cities on the same site, mostly due to the nearby salt mines, which have been mined since prehistory. For this reason, visiting the mine is very much like visiting a museum of the history of salt mining. The mine is currently used as a tourist attraction and is not mined. The Turda History Museum has large number of exhibits about the history of the region. The nearby Durgau lakes are formed at the old mining site and are a popular tourist destination. There are sandy beaches, pontoons, showers, and other amenities. Other sights worth visiting are the Turda Gorge on the River Hasdate, the Turenilor Gorge Caves, the ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman camp, and the 15th-century Calvinist Reformed Church, the oldest preserved structure in Turda.

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