The problem is that, while Romania (kingdom) didn't thrive at all architecturally save for some Greek/Russian style ripoffs, Transylvania had architecture, higher literacy rates and the such. And all this... because of what? Hungary, or better said, Austrian (Germanic) influence via Hungary, Catholicism and all these reasons which gave leeway to development. Orthodoxy, oppression from both the south and the east didn't make do. <|endoftext|> 