Glina, Romania
Glina is a commune in the south-east of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its name is derived from Slavic Glina, meaning "clay". It is composed of three villages: Cățelu, Glina, and Manolache.
The commune is the site of the Glina sewage treatment plant.
Cățelu is the site of Battery 9–10, the best known – and most visited – former military fort from a defensive circle of fortifications surrounding Bucharest that was built in the late 19th century, during the reign of King Carol I.
References
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ Bergheș, Andrei (November 2012). "Forturile din București" (PDF). www.orasul.ro (in Romanian). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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