Transylvania and literature as a land of mystery and magic. For example, in Paulo Coelho's novel "The Witch of Portobello", the main character, Sherine Khalil, is described as a Transylvanian orphan with a Romani mother, in an effort to add to the character's exotic mystique. The so-called Transylvanian trilogy of historical novels by Miklos Banffy, "The Writing on the Wall", is an extended treatment of the 19th- and early 20th-century social and political history of the country. Among the first actors to portray Dracula in film was Bela Lugosi, who was born in Banat, in present-day Romania. Transylvania Transylvania is a
Electrica Transylvania North Electrica Transylvania North Electrica North Transylvania is a Romanian company that distributes and supplies electric power for 1,089,192 customers in Cluj, Bihor, Maramureş, Satu Mare, Salaj and Bistriţa-Năsăud. Electrica North Transylvania with its headquarters in Cluj-Napoca, unfolds its activity in an area of 34,160 km². The Electricity Supply and Distribution Branch North Transylvania sold, in 2002, over 3,845,622 MWh, a sales level that ranges it among the first at the national level from this point of view. Electrica North Transylvania administrates 39,996 km of electric lines – aerial and subterraneous, 90 transformation stations and 7,535 supply units and transformation stations.