Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava. The name derives from a Romanian word of Slavic origin (Bulgarian жилав žilav (tough), which passed into Romanian as jilav) meaning "humid place". In this commune there is an operating prison and also the Fort 13 Jilava.

The Jilava massacre [1] took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania. Sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard (Legion), with further high-profile assassinations in the immediate aftermath.

On the night of November 25/26, 1940, the Jilava massacre was carried out by members of the Iron Guard, who killed 64 officials who had served under King Carol II. Part of the Guard members arrested in January 1941 during the Legionnaires' rebellion were sent to Jilava.

Jilava (în trecut, Jilava-Mierlari) este o comună în județul Ilfov, Muntenia, România, formată numai din satul de reședință cu același nume. [2]

2024年10月15日 · “The former communist prisons of Sighet, Pitesti, Jilava, Ramnicu Sarat, and Fagaras, which represent the phenomenon of communist oppression, are symbolic places that preserve the memory of the...

2025年2月27日 · Un alt punct de atractie pentru turistii romani si straini il reprezinta Fortul 13 Jilava, care face parte din centura de fortificatii a Bucurestiului care a fost construita dupa planurile unui celebru arhitect militar belgian, generalul Henri …

2024年4月14日 · Romania’s Jilava prison is ‘a place where you can show the truth about the way prisoners were tortured’, says a former inmate now 80 years old. She heads a group pushing for ex-prisons to...

Jilava penitentiary centre, to the south of Bucharest, is one of the largest prisons in Romania and one of the rare prisons of which the Romanian prison system can be proud. What served as a political prison during the Communist regime now houses around 1 000 prisoners under open and semi-open regimes, half of whom work inside or outside the ...

Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava. The name derives from a Romanian word of Slavic origin meaning "humid place".

These semi-subterranean defensive structures were built in a ring around the Romanian capital in the late 19th century. The brickwork structures were dug into earth banks, and fitting with gun- and cannon-positions facing outwards against potential invaders.