In the south part of Transylvania is laying the depression Tara Hategului, this land including a big plat of land with fields of wheat and old Romanian villages. In the north east part of Hateg is the river Galbena flowing. In the N-E part is laying Slivut forest where the tourists can visit the aurochs reservation. Anywhere in the in the town if you are turning your look at south you will see the Retezat mountains. In the Retezat mountains have comming one of the most important river in the country, where was build seven artificial lakes wich are producing electricity for the county Hunedoara.
Hateg is a very old town this
fact is also confirmed by an old document from 1247, which reminds
of a “Romanian land, known as Terra Harszoc (Hateg Country)”,
older than it’s first documentary attestation. The special
natural conditions determined the life of the daco-roman population
and then Romanian population take place uninterrupted. In many
villages around Hateg you can find historics buildings and museums
like - Sarmisegetuza, church from Densus, church from Prislop,
fortress Coult, castle Santa Maria Orlea and other places like
this. Andrei
Roman