Romania other then buildings

Over Magura

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9499/1576319yz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Prislop Pass :)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2394/prisloppassct4.jpg

Bicaz

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/218/bicaz2ud8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ Beautiful! :cheers:

Keep em comming, neighbour! :okay:

Thx Turnovec,glad you like them :)

Bucovina

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4892/bc99pr2.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1102/panoramabucegifz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The forests and mountains from Romania are really impressive!! In my opinion, the romanian landscape are the second best in Europe after the Alps.

Please, post more and more pics from Romania.. it is never enough.

Somewhere in Transilvania

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5844/481706672384fbeede7oks0.jpg

Clouds above the mountains or Green colors
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9725/93956215di8eh1.jpg

Because i was gone for 3 days,and i didn't post any photos,i will post 3 photos now :)
1 st photo.

Autumn in Rucar,Bran

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8098/22kw2.jpg

For the 2nd day

Winter in Bucegi Mountains

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2702/muntiibucegiiarnaeg0.jpg

And for today

Near Paltinis

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5610/dscf3487qz2.jpg

Fantastic!!!:cheers:

It was time to see such thread here. :cheers:

Beautiful! :cheers:

Still somewhere in Bucovina

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/313/bucovinaroadwh8.jpg

Dobrogea lands

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9607/macindobrogeeayv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is sooo enchanting!!

More to come ;)

Romania is very nice, i like romania and romanian people. Our orthodox neighbors. I like Dracula too. Pleace more pics from his casle. :)

Latoritei mountains,Virful Fratosteanu Mare

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2527/dreptxo6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Draganului Valley

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/296/panoramavi8.jpg

^^ Beautifull! :drool:

Guys, excellent job! :applause:

Some pics from me. :cheers:

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6442/yrlhdybuu55lrefu5leo2.jpg


And Dracula's Castle, as per request:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6476/castelulbranwg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:cheers:

Thx Le Clerk for posting them,but be careful,one photo per day :poke:
Please edit it and let just one photo+the Bran Castel,let's keep it so ;)

Fagarasi mountains

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3577/muntiifagarasuluicomunafj9.jpg

So, no ugly modern glass buildings, right?! :dunno:

Picture of Romania :)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/222/maramuresancags2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

(I will give some thurst to this thread from time to time :D)

Sucevita monastery, NE Romania (15th century)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2905/manastireasucevitajudetuy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Transcarpathian road in Romania:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7696/ppdp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Come on Le Clerk,i told you once,one photo per day if you want to post photos too.If you can't be with that don't post here anymore or start another theard where to post all kinds and how many photos you wish.
So i tell you again,this is a day by day landspaces photos of Romania.
Please edit again your posts,and let me continue it.
The Transfagarasan photos are very nice,but let just one of them.

The green canyon

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4758/79043515oz6.jpg

Come on Le Clerk,i told you once,one photo per day if you want to post photos too.If you can't be with that don't post here anymore or start another theard where to post all kinds and how many photos you wish.
So i tell you again,this is a day by day landspaces photos of Romania.
Please edit again your posts,and let me continue it.
The Transfagarasan photos are very nice,but let just one of them.

I really do not get this rule that only one pic must be posted (wehere is it coming from BTW?). But I'll please you nonetheless. :D

Beautiful Romania! And romanian womens are so beautiful also!:drool:
Portugal have alot of romanian immigrants!:) Wich is the population of the country? And the climate? Continental?
Thanks!

Le Clerk:its not a rule,its because i want it so.I want few but great.Because look at the other theards,are all mixed up.And i don't know if you realized but im trying to keep a default photo size(beside panoramics).If are to many photos not all the people will watch them all.
And i still insist to let just one photo from those you ulpoaded today.:lol:
Come on:cheers:

OK, so I deleted one of those pics. I'll go by your rules cause you opened the thread and have the right to make rules here. Only don't become dictatorial. :D

Groovy Bucharest's Parliament Building (2nd largest building in the world after the Pentagon):

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2366/bucxhe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I won't say it anymore,i see im still not understanded.However i will continue posting photos with the main subject.

Another landscape from Bucovina

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/390/bucovina1ny7.jpg

Betwen seasons.Padurea Craiului mountains

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1497/muntiipadureacraiuluiur9.jpg

Piatra Craiului mountains area

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/4287/muntiipiatracraiuluisatth7.jpg

Transcarpathian road in Romania:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7696/ppdp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Very nice pic :)

^^:cheers:


http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3884/costinestijudetulconstaoh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

For yesturday

Piatra Craiului mountains.Pestera village

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1052/vdsvsdvyt1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Olt river and Cozia mountains

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7614/oltcoziarm1.jpg

Romania other then landscapes.Cities

Constanta,Mamaia
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9573/mamaiacopyfv8.jpg

For yesturday
Cluj-Napoca

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3719/clujnapocariveruy5.jpg

For today
Sibiu

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/566/sibiuiu4.jpg

^^ :applause:

Give us some Brasov ! ;)

For 20th

Brasov

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7981/25179456435f34753df7btb4.jpg

For 21th
Timisoara

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3769/23673087367b8e3fca56blc6.jpg

For 22th
Arad :)

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1564/tftyqh9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9536/fgttsa2.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2206/aradfo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

For today

Oradea

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/8990/2549415325d2f3a3c9e0bxd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Transcarpathian road in Romania:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7696/ppdp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Formel 1 in Romania xe xe ^^

Iasi

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9176/21933705nh9ic8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Bucuresti

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7863/1palatulyu4ni2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Romanian Castles

Huniazilor castle.Hunedoara
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9211/img0712de2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6244/800pxhunyadicastlehunedev5.jpg

And Dracula's Castle, as per request:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6476/castelulbranwg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:cheers:

Pleace more pics about this. :cheers2:

Romanian Castles

Huniazilor castle.Hunedoara
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9211/img0712de2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Amazing!!! Looks like a castle from a fairy tale!

Peles castle

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5807/castelulpelesxo8.jpg

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1258/061tj0.jpg

And for request another photo of

Bran castle.Inside
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5963/4999462fr5.jpg

Pelisor castle.Sinaia

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/6056/pelisorcastlesinaiavf9.jpg

My Home Town ♥
:) For 29th and 30th ... I leave 1st Nov for AradeanulNewYorkez :cheers:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6348/pn2ym0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5294/pn1yq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6348/pn2ym0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Looks nice city :okay:

^^ :cheers: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25635332&postcount=194

For 31th

Decebal monument

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4266/decebalmi6.jpg

For today

The Happy Graveyard.Maramures

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5959/thehappygraveyeard2mu3.jpg

For 2nd NOV :cheers:

Bucharest City Challenge 2008
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2701/buclp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3rd, 4th and 5th:nuts: Nov - Bucegi Mountains
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4642/bucegihy4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5961/bucegi1hv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3222/bucegi2at6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

See for details http://flickr.com/photos/catalin2k8/2264387703/

6&7 Nov ... Bucharest - Palace of the Parliament
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8942/palaceofparliamentzv1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ live cam http://www.jurnalul.ro/
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7581/currentkp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There have been many days :) :

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5083/destersbucng4.png

(Bucharest, CEC palace, modern contrasting bank building in the back)

So,for 8th:)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9533/2267807ry1.jpg

For 9th
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1917/barsana1oh7.jpg

For 10th
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6111/3611422ck9.jpg

For 11th.Piatra Craiului mountains
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3470/muntiiretezattaultapulujp3.jpg

For 12th.Retezat mountains
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9661/muntiipiatracraiullluiee7.jpg

For 13th.Rodnei mountains
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7774/muntiirodnei2ah2.jpg

For 14th.Bicaz
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3872/cheilebicazuluiml6.jpg

For 15th.Transfagarasan
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6489/img6109bx5.jpg

For 16.A bit of Brasov again
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/6371/brasovxa1.jpg

For today.A bit of Bucharest too
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4145/bucurestipalatulparlameys4.jpg

Which is better, Hungary or Romania?

Landscapes=Romania
Peoples=Romania

Which is better, Hungary or Romania?

Don't be silly :lol:

Please don't start this kind of discussions here, please, please, it's a photo thread, meant to show beauty. :) Thanks.

http://newyork.mae.ro/images/gallery/newyork/valea_rea_fagaras_95415e1fd861377f1b095dd8b3b94c9d_79.jpg

Fagaras mountains, Valea Rea.

Alot to recover

21th
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8969/475175up9.jpg

Village scenes

22th
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8274/2350880394cc11cb1a84ogy5.jpg


23t
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8769/rfg6u6wwyq1.jpg

24th
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6641/barzapu3.jpg

...others tomorow

Timisoara - Photo made by andy

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4295/20448763.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20448763.jpg)

For 31th

Decebal monument

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4266/decebalmi6.jpg

this is grate, romanian-serbian Djerdap Lake! 4th biggest of Balkan!

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1456/6379636md.jpg

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1594/23654703136d1d820f95.jpg

Small villages

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2931/15396485.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/15396485.jpg/)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1568/muntiiretezat.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2158/muntiifagarasuluisauaca.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3264/muntiimuntelemare2.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8887/muntiimuntelemare.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7015/muntiipiatracraiuluicom.jpg

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

nice

Peles Castle, Sinaia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Peles-Castle-Sinaia-Romania.jpg/800px-Peles-Castle-Sinaia-Romania.jpg

Rosia Montana

http://agnosticus.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/rosia-montana.jpg

Really beautiful photos, specially that castle in Sinaia.

Peles Castle, Sinaia is really beautiful..i love it :)

nice shots...:cheers:

alex_zebe,foarte frumos ;)
Calitate,8x6,la subiect..Ms :cheers:

Dear neighbours, you have a beautiful country :) Best regards from SERBIA :)

^^ thx mate! Serbia is also very special and beautiful, Zivela Srbija & good luck in South Africa next year :okay:

Cheile Carasului - Caras-Severin county, Banat, western Romania
Photo made by Livius Almajan
http://alpinet.org/foto/2008/09/18/MTZjMzFkYWQ5Y2M1NWY0MGU0Mjk1MWFlZDcxMTNkYzfoto_77570.jpg

^^ thx mate! Serbia is also very special and beautiful, Zivela Srbija & good luck in South Africa next year :okay:

Cheile Carasului - Caras-Severin county, Banat, western Romania
Photo made by Livius Almajan
http://alpinet.org/foto/2008/09/18/MTZjMzFkYWQ5Y2M1NWY0MGU0Mjk1MWFlZDcxMTNkYzfoto_77570.jpg



Amaizing pic :)

Thanks mate :) Welcome to Serbia anytime :)

Viva Romania and good luck in every field :) It is good having such a GOOD neighbour like we have you... in that name:cheers:

Beautiful Romania land-scapes, towns etc :cheers:

Hot summer :lol: :cheers:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/11/10/article-1084503-02654611000005DC-680_468x286_popup.jpg

Haha :colgate:
This photo its just great!

Amazing Romania!

So cool pic with bear :)

Another view of Sibiu

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Sibiuphoto.jpg

Babele

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2889/indexghjk.jpg

Ulmetum, a Roman vicus (town) in Dobruja

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4248/93730505.jpg

http://www.fotodesus.ro/categorii%20finalizate/10-situri-arheologice/a.html

thank you for this wonderful thread. :cheers: pleace more from transelvania & Draculas Casle, more details.

greetings from serbian neighbor

Porţile de Fier (serbian : Djerdap lake)

View to the left on romanian site of Iron Gate (253 km²) on Danube river & a romanian-orthodox church, rightsite is Serbia


http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2153/danubedjerdap.jpg

I did not know romania and these pictures impressed me.
Wonderful place.

thank you for this wonderful thread. :cheers: pleace more from transelvania & Draculas Casle, more details.

greetings from serbian neighbor

There is a castle of Vlad Tepes but not in Transylvania, in Wallachia (where Vlad ruled).



These are some fortresses and palaces from Transylvania photographed by me:


Trascau / Torockóvár castle in Coltesti, Alba county (near Aiud). It was built in 13th century
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/359/coltesti.jpg

Colt castle in Hunedoara county. This ruin inspired Jules Verne's book The CarpathianCastle

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5551/colt.jpg

Miko castle in Miercurea Ciuc / Csikszereda. It houses he Museum of Székely people (Hungarians from Eastern Transylvania). Unfortunately, for political reasons after 1990 the museums from Székely region are not housing anymore artifacts from period before the Hungarian conquest of Transylvania or of the Romanian inhabitants of these lands.


http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1614/img1014q.jpg

Iernut, Mures county - Rakoczy castle

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9121/iernut.jpg

http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu297/mihai90_photo/Imag031.jpg
Somewhere in Brasov county

Buila-Vânturarita mountains in Vâlcea county

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2642020741_0729442ef5_b.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3992/10ms4.jpg

Monastery Arnota in Vâlcea county

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2634659936_bffb0d3250_b.jpg

Negru Voda monstery in Câmpulung

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8830/negruvoda.jpg

Buzau city
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8905/buzau.jpg


Siriu artificial lake in Buzau county
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7412/siriu.jpg

Curtea de Arges monastery
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4796/curtea.jpg

Retezat National Park
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2289/retezat.jpg

Cotmeana monastery (Byzantine period, 14th century)

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2269/cotmeanabiserica.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8671/cotmeanainterior.jpg

Deva, the city and the fortress (built in 13th century over an ancient Dacian town)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3052878966_9fc75ba086_b.jpg

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23249616@N08/3052878966/)

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt209/garciacalavera/munteaug08/DSC_0333.jpg

near sibiu

Prejmer is the biggest Saxon peasant fortress in Transylvania, among the ~150 such ensambles that still exist (from ~300 in the past). Together with other six peasant fortresses is on the Unesco World Heritage list.

The church was built in 13th century in Cistercian style. The fortress was errected in 15-16th centuries and has 275 rooms, each being used by one family as a place to live during the attacks or as a storage room for smoked meat in peace time.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3944067655_b81d2fe03d_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3950324400_197ca65645_b.jpg

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=prejmer&w=7455207%40N05)

Tropaeum Traiani is a monument in Roman Civitas Tropaensium (site of modern Adamclisi, Romania), built in 109 in then Moesia Inferior, to commemorate Roman Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians, in 102, in the Battle of Tapae. The monument was erected on the place where legio XXI Rapax had previously been crushed (92 AD). Before Trajan's construction, an altar existed there, on the walls of which were inscribed the names of 3,000 legionaries and auxilia (servicemen) who had died "fighting for the Republic".

Trajan's monument was inspired by the Augustus mausoleum, and was dedicated to the god Mars Ultor in 107/108 AD. On the monument there were 54 metopes depicting Roman legions fighting against enemies; most of these metopes are preserved in the museum nearby. The monument was supposed to be a warning to the tribes outside this newly conquered province.

The original monument has long since disintegrated. The present edifice is a reconstruction dating from 1977. The nearby museum contains many archaeological objects, including parts of the original Roman monument. Of the original 54 metopes, 48 are in the museum and 1 is in Istanbul.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/3829172017_03f92c4201_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/3829173479_dc862a6928.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/3829970062_3fc76b291e.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=adamclisi&w=24246605%40N03

Romania is just amazing!

I am, personaly, huuuuge fan of His Lordship Vlad Cepes ( AKA Dracul)
The way how Wallachians threated their enemies and preserved their freedom is just perfect. ( even though they buried our medieval pussies like: 1395 Battle of Rovine. Stefan Lazarevic, Marko Kraljevic, Konstantin Dejanovic and Ottomans fight against the Wallachians. The Ottomans lose and Marko and Konstantin are killed. Citation from http://www.humanitas-international.org/perezites/archive/timeline.htm
My wife is very religious and her idea is to go for a 7-10 days to visit several monastery in Romania ( she is looking to visit St Petka moshti as an obligatory event. By her opinion, Romanians remained as a purest Christian there are, today) . If I show her this thread, she will push me to go tomorrow...

Some places recalling Vlad Tepes:

Poienari, the castle completed during his reign and which was his second residence

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1017/971240430_b2a3a88fb6_b.jpg
Flicrk (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iwriteplays/971240430/)




The Chindia Tower, part of Targoviste Court, build by him as his main residence

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3194173179_2a5f6f083a_b.jpg
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/groucho-marxist/3194173179/)




The Snagov monastery (North of Bucharest) rebuild by him (the present buildings are later, from 16th century) where the legend says he is buried

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3119728369_a731ae5485_b.jpg

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24790207@N03/3119728369/)

Apuseni Mountains

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3284324382_0d9a9d01f0_b.jpg

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=apuseni&w=24972534%40N05#page=0)

The Romanian Plain (Southern Romania)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/3107282725_99ba6e8f17_o.jpg

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/highway6southbound/3107282725/)

Romania is a country with an extremely rich architectural heritage. I think in per capita terms it is one of the richest in Europe.

Romania is a country with an extremely rich architectural heritage. I think in per capita terms it is one of the richest in Europe.

Actually is only the cultural diversity that is rich, but Romania is among the poor countries in term of patrimony and worse, many/most of the buildings (like the Saxon fortresses and the Transylvanian noblemen castles) are not restored, many even abandoned, degraded in last years.

And the future seem dark, I heard that this year the budget for the restoration and conservation of old buildings was 0 (zero), quite incredible for an EU country.

Islamic heritage in Dobruja


Babadag: the Gazi-Ali-Pasa mosque and the mausoleum of lui Sari Saltuk Dede (the 13th century founder of the town).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3611600962_c6d622277b_o.jpg
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariusbbb/3611600962/)

Sulina is a town and free port in Romania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube. It is the easternmost point of Romania.

The waters of the Danube, which flow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe's deltas.

Once a prosperous port and important shipyard, from 1856 to 1939 the seat of the Danube Commission, Sulina has become a disadvantaged location.

The reason is that the town has no road access, the only way to reach it is by boat that leaves Tulcea and goes along the Sulina branch of the Danube. This keeps the tourists wanting a quiet vacation at the seaside at low numbers.



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2768088634_f383d8c343_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/2767198861_27a218a865_b.jpg

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sulina&w=23249616%40N08)

The

Baile Herculane on Cerna Valley


During the 165 years of Roman domination of Dacia, the Herculaneum Spa was known all over the Empire. Unearthed stone carvings show that visiting Roman aristocrats turned the town into a Roman leisure center. Six statues of Hercules from the time have been discovered. A bronze replica of one of them, molded in 1874, stands as a landmark in the town center.

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Namaiesti monastery, Arges county

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Thanks razgledam!


Ceahlau mountain, Moldavia

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The Muddy Volcanoes at Berca, Buzau county.

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Sheepfold

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Cheese drainage?

Cheese drainage?

Yes.



"Mocanita" train in Maramures
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The Endless Column by Constantin Brâncusi, in Târgu Jiu
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Râșnov fortress (founded by Teutonic Knights in 1215, rebuilt in 14th century) on top of a rock where in antiquity was the Dacian town Cumidava

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View from the crest of Piatra Craiului mountains range, the second most visited after Bucegi mountains

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^^ Wonderful shot!! :cheers: Thanks for posting.

Great and wonderful photos from Romania once again :cheers:

Cascada Cailor, "Horses Waterfall", Rodna Mountains

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Palace of Constantin Brancoveanu (1698) at Potlogi

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Danube Delta

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Bucharest, Victoriei Way
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The protected "Black Pine of Banat" near Baile Herculane on the Cerna Valley
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Avenul din Poiana Gropii, near Resita in the Semenic mountains is with an explored depth of -236m the deepest vertical cave in Romania

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The Vidraru Dam
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Church in Densus built in 13th century over a Roman building
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The Baroque Palace of Timisoara :
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Cape Dolojman and the frozen Razim lake. The ruins are of Argamum Greek-Roman town

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Romanian navy school ship "Mircea" on the Black Sea

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Any link to Romanian Tourist organization?
Anyone would like to suggest to me how should I plan one week family trip to Romania, by car? What roads, where to sleep, what to see? Our interest would be castles, monasteries, historic places...
( I am from Belgrade)
Thanks in advance.

Any link to Romanian Tourist organization?
Anyone would like to suggest to me how should I plan one week family trip to Romania, by car? What roads, where to sleep, what to see? Our interest would be castles, monasteries, historic places...
( I am from Belgrade)
Thanks in advance.


This is the official website http://www.romaniatourism.com/ but I'm afraid there is not very useful because there is not a simple and coherent presentation.


The next is my sugestion, I put more than one can reach in a weak, you can choose which of the regions to visit:
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Coming from Serbia you may go directly to Bucharest or pass by Northern Oltenia, a region with fine natural sceneries and many monasteries. Not forget to see the monasteries of Cozia on Olt valley and Hurez, both if Valcea county. In Gorj you should pass by Tismana and Polovragi monasteries. In Valcea there are tens of monasteries, more interesting beside thetwo mentioned are Frasinei (most severe, forbidden acces to women), Bistrita, Dintr-un Lemn, Govora etc.

In Bucharest you should see the center with a variety of architectural styles, the megalomaniac civic center built by Beasescu with the Parliament building, the National museums of Art and History (both on Victoriei Way). Around Bucharest you could pay a visit to Mogosoaia palace and Cernica monastery.

Then you can pass into Transylvania or go to Northern Moldavia, famous for its monasteries. If second choice, remember that the important monasteries of Moldavia are grouped in three regions: Bukovina, Neamt county and Iasi.

In Neamt county there are 80 monasteries and hermitages, of which Neamt, Agapia, Varatec, Sihastria worth to be visited, as well as Secu, Bistrita and others.

In Bukovina you should see the monasteries with painted churches from voronet, Sucevita, Moldovita, Humor, Rasca as well as other monasteries like Dragomirna, Slatina or the Suceava city (old churches, museums).

In Iasi city, the capital of Moldavia, there are several monasteries, the finest being Golia and Trei Ierarhi. Don't miss the Museum of Moldavia with interesting historical collections.


If you pass into Transylvania from Bucharest you go by Sinaia with Peles castle and the sights of Busegi mountains (Sinaia is the main resort in country).


Transylvania has some regions with different culture. There is the Central Plain with Cluj Napoca city, the region of Apuseni mountains, The Saxon region, the Szekely region, the Hunedoara county.

Cluj Napoca is a big city (the capital of Transylvania) with medieval and later monuments, museums. Alba Iulia is the city of the Union of Romanians; the old town is inside a Vauban fortress, there is the most precious church in country, the History Museum.


The Szekely (Eastern Hungarians) region is fine for its mountainous landscapes. If you pass from Moldavia by Bicaz pass, you reach Gheorgheni town that has the fine castle of Lazarea in its nearby.


The Saxon Region has most of the monuments in the triangle of Sibiu, Brasov and Sighisoara towns.

In Brasov you must see the old town with its walls and medieval monuments. Around Brasov there are the fortresses from Prejmer, Harman, Bran and Rasnov.

In Sibiu you must see the old town with walls and other medieval monments, the Brukental Museum, the village museum in the nearby forest Dumbrava Sibiului (the biggest open air museum in Europe and the finest in country). Around Sibiu there is Cisnadie and Cisnadioara with old fortresses.

In Sighisoara there is the old walled town. From Sighisoara to Sibiu you pass by Medias with medieval buildings that has in its surroundings the most numerous peasant fortresses, the ones in Biertan and Mosna being on UNesco world heritage sites list.

In Hunedoara county you can visit the castle in Hunedoara city, the history museum in Deva, the medieval churches of Hateg Land, the Dacian fortresses from Orastie mountains.

.............

So you can make a circuit, passing from Bucharest to Moldavia, from there into Transylvania and to return by Northern Oltenia or visit Oltenia first. I mentioned most interesting objectives. The places to sleep are not a problem, you can sleep at almost all the monasteries mentioned (prices very low), or at hotels along the roads (prices around 30 euro a double bed room), or at pensions in villages (~20 euro). In cities and towns prices are higher ofcourse.

Putna is the most famous Romanian monastery, the main foundation and burial place of Stephen the Great voivod. It has the most important monastery museum.
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Any link to Romanian Tourist organization?
Anyone would like to suggest to me how should I plan one week family trip to Romania, by car? What roads, where to sleep, what to see? Our interest would be castles, monasteries, historic places...
( I am from Belgrade)
Thanks in advance.
Don't miss Timisoara ! the romanian city with the most historical buildings (built before 1940), full of history and culture, a great place to live and of course to visit only 120 km from Belgrade and since you are in Banat you could also visit the Iron Gate gorge, a great romanian-serbian structure on the Danube and it's Djerdap lake fissuring trough the Carpathians... Have fun ! :cheers:

Tricule castle flooded by the dam on Danube. The caste has three towers (as the name means), one completely covered by water.

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Bicaz Gorges

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Thank you, guys, for your time, this will be very helpful, I will form my trip plan based to your post(s).
Tel me, Iasi, is there a monastery with St Petka's remans?

City of joy, you are right, country is big, but I must fit the trip at kid's spring vacation which is 7 days only.
Thank's again, I will be free to ask you again if I need some additional info.
BTW, tell me where are you from, we could have drink together when I arrive? ( OK , Conte is , obviously from Resita)...

Thank you, guys, for your time, this will be very helpful, I will form my trip plan based to your post(s).
Tel me, Iasi, is there a monastery with St Petka's remans?

City of joy, you are right, country is big, but I must fit the trip at kid's spring vacation which is 7 days only.
Thank's again, I will be free to ask you again if I need some additional info.
BTW, tell me where are you from, we could have drink together when I arrive? ( OK , Conte is , obviously from Resita)...

We call her Parascheva. Her relics are in the Metropolitan Church in Iasi.

I'm in Bucharest, I'd like to meet you.

Any link to Romanian Tourist organization?
Anyone would like to suggest to me how should I plan one week family trip to Romania, by car? What roads, where to sleep, what to see? Our interest would be castles, monasteries, historic places...
( I am from Belgrade)
Thanks in advance.

^^

http://www.helloromania.eu/

You should definitely go by car.

I think you could plan it one day (and night) in Timisoara (visit the city), then move to Sibiu (on the way maybe visit the Hunedoara castle). Spend one night in Sibiu and visit the beautiful city. Then move to Brasov. Spend 2-3 nights in Brasov (visit Sighisoara, Brasov, and maybe ski in Poiana Brasov if there is snow but it should be now and later on in winter), then go to N Moldavia (Suceava) to see some monasteries, if time allows.

Bucharest would be also nice, but I do not know if you will still have time. :cheers:

And welcome and have a nice trip!

Thanks , this link is great!

Maramures

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Busteni, Bucegi Mountains

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Iasi, Cetatuia Monastery
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30th Honor Guard Regiment "Mihai Viteazul" :horse:

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The roman catholic church of Vinga (Arad county)

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Photo by Radu Trifan

Satu Mare


Satu Mare (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsatu ˈmare], literally "Great Village"; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר (Satmar)) is a city with a population of 113,688 and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania.


The city spreads out from the Administrative Palace at 25 October Square, one of the tallest buildings in Romania.

There is evidence that the local Dacian population remained there after the Roman conquest in 101/106 AD. Later, these lands formed part of Menumorut's holdings; one of the defensive citadels dating to the 10th century was at Satu Mare (Castrum Zotmar), as mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum. The city centre - Villa Zotmar - was inhabited by natives, but Teutonic colonists settled on the periphery, brought there in 972 by Queen Giselle of Bavaria......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satu_Mare


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Maramures Mountains Nature Park

The Maramureş Mountains Nature Park is situated in the north part of the Maramureş County, near the localities Borşa, Moisei, Vişeu de Sus, Vişeu de Jos, Leordina, Ruscova, Repedea, Poienile de sub Munte, Petrova and Bistra, including the Maramureş Mountains Massif up to the Romanian-Ukrainian border.
The park also includes the land within the boundaries of the localities it covers.

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Nice Romania.... I recently watched a paranormal show involving werewolfs and a little town in Romania... which has mostly been abandoned by fear of these creatures... The country side is just amazing, and quite eerie as well :happy:

Bucharest, Unirii Boulevard

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The cave glacier at Scarisoara, Alba county

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^^ Awesome view of the cave glacier at Scarisoara

Constanta is the oldest living city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanţa County and the largest city in the region.

The city of Constanța is one of the most important in the country, is part of a group of four roughly equal-size cities which rank after Bucharest, Romania's capital. The Constanţa metropolitan area was founded in 2007 and comprises 14 localities located at a maximum distance of 30 km (19 mi) from the city and, with 446,595 inhabitants, is the second largest metropolitan area in Romania, after Bucharest.

The Port of Constanţa has an area of 39.26 km2 (15.16 sq mi) and a length of about 30 km (19 mi). It is the largest port on the Black Sea, and the fourth largest port in Europe.


In image: the historical part of the city.
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Neajlov, a river in the South Romanian Plain
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Ilieni / Illyefalva, a Szekely peasant fortress in Covasna

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Thanks , this link is great!

^^ one more www.romanianmonasteries.org

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And one from my town ... Piatra-Neamt

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Rimetea / Torocko, a Szekely village near Aiud, apart from the Szekely region

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Rimetea village and Székelykő (The Szekely's stone) mountain (a nature reservation)
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That fortress - castle below looks great, and the terrain around the castle is very nice too
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Fagaras Mountains

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The King Carol I Bridge was built between 1890 and 1895 in Romania over the Danube and Borcea and when it was completed it then became the longest bridge in Europe and the third in the world.

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Interior of a wooden church in Salaj

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Bârsa Land seen from Poiana Brasov

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Traditional fishermen house in Danube Delta

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Mioritic Romanian sheepdog and Bucovina Romanian sheepdog

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Meledic plateau (Buzau county) is home to some interesting salt formations, several salt caves (which hold some length records) and the only sweet water lake in the world to be formed on a salt mountain.

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Cârţa (German Kerz) is a former Cistercian monastery in the Ţara Făgăraşului region in southern Transylvania in Romania, currently a Lutheran Evangelical church belonging to the local Saxon community.

The first buildings of the monastery were built, according to Cistercian customs, using perishable materials, most probably wood. These can be dated relatively confidently as having been built in the founding period (1205-1206). A few years later, approximately 1210-1215, a stone chapel, the oratorium, was built close to the original wood buildings.
The construction of the main stone edifice started a little bit later, most probably between 1220 and 1230.


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The franciscan monastery "Maria Radna" in western Romania, Arad county :

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Bâlea lake, Fagaras, 2000 m altitude

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Tulcea city, the gateway to Danube Delta

It is the administrative center of Tulcea county, and has a population of 91,875 as of 2002.

Tulcea was founded in the 7th century BC under the name of Aegyssus, mentioned in the documents of Diodorus of Sicily (3rd century BC). Ovid referred to it in Ex Ponto, saying that its name would have originated with that of its founder, a Dacian named Carpyus Aegyssus.

After the fights from 12-15 B.C., the Romans conquered the town. They rebuilt it after their plans, their technique and architectural vision, reorganizing it. The existing ruined walls and defending towers serve as a testimony of this. Also an inscription found at the Tulcea Museum of Archaeology mentions the name Aegyssus for the town. The Aegyssus fortified town is mentioned also by other documents until the 10th century: Notitia Episcopatum in political geography "De Thematicus".

It was then ruled by the Byzantine Empire (5th - 7th century), the Bulgarian Empire (681-c.1000; 1185-14th century), the Genoese (10th - 13th century), it was part of the local Dobrujan polities of Balik/Balica, Dobrotitsa/Dobrotici, and, for a brief while after 1390, ruled by the Wallachian Prince Mircea cel Bătrân.

In 1416 it was conquered and ruled for 460 years by the Ottoman Empire.

In the 17th century Tulcea was mentioned by the Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi as a settlement with 600 houses, inhabited by Vlachs.

In 1878 Tulcea was eventually awarded to Romania, together with the Northern Dobruja.

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Sarmisegetuza Regia, the area of the sanctuaries.

It was the most important Dacian military, religious and political centre. Erected on top of a 1,200 meters high mountain , the fortress was the core of the strategic defensive system in the Orăştie Mountains, comprising six citadels.

The fortress, a quadrilateral formed by massive stone blocks (murus dacicus), was constructed on five terraces, on an area of almost 30,000 m². Sarmizegetusa also had a sacred precinct—among the most important and largest circular and rectangular Dacian sanctuaries the famous Circular Calendar Sanctuary is included.

The civilians lived around the fortress, down the mountain on man-made terraces. Dacian nobility had flowing water, brought through ceramic pipes, in their residences. The archaeological inventory found at the site shows that Dacian society had a high standard of living.

The Dacian capital reached its acme under King Decebal who fought two wars against the Emperor Trajan of the Roman Empire in 101-102, the first successfully repelling the Roman invaders, and again in 105-106, the second culminating in the Battle of Sarmisegetusa, and the defeat of the Dacians. The Roman conquerors established a military garrison there. Later, the capital of Roman Dacia was named after the Dacian capital - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa, established 40 km from the ruined Dacian capital.

Six Dacian fortresses — Sarmizegetusa, Blidaru, Piatra Roşie, Costeşti, Căpâlna and Băniţa - that were a part of the defensive system of Decebalus are UNESCO World heritage sites.


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Piatra Vithos mountain (Neamt county)

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Service at the ruperstrian hermitage Corbii de Piatra

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The Roman building with mosaic in Constanta, 4th century AD.

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If I may, excellent job city_of_joy! :applause:

I love the pics and their presentation. Keep it going! :cheers:

The "Good news" greek church in Bucharest built 1893–1900

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Thank you, Le Clerk.


Bears at Sinaia

Between 5000 and 7000 brown bears live in the forests of Romania. They are increasingly descending from the mountains and raiding local towns in an effort to find food. In Sinaia they appear to obtain food from tourists

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The Danube – Black Sea Canal runs from Cernavodă on the Danube to Agigea (southern arm) and Năvodari (northern arm) on the Black Sea. Administrated from Agigea, it is an important part of the European canal system that links the North Sea to the Black Sea.

The Canal was notorious as the site of labor camps in 1950s Communist Romania, when, at any given time, several tens of thousands political prisoners worked on its excavation. The total number of people used as a workforce for the entire period is unknown, as is the number of people who died in the construction. Work was completed in 1984-1987, more than three decades after camps were disestablished.

The 64 km canal reduces the distance by boat from Constanţa to Cernavodă by ca. 400 km. It has a width of 70-90 meters and a depth of 7 metres; the northern arm has a length of 26.6 km, width of 50 m and a depth of 5.5 metres.

The waterway passes through the towns of Medgidia and Murfatlar, both of which have been turned into inland ports. It was designed to facilitate the transit of convoys comprising as much as six towed barges (ships of up to 5,000 in tonnage, as long as 138 meters and with as much as 16.8 meters in beam and 5.5 meters in draft can also pass through the canal). The structure is bound by locks (in Cernavodă and Agigea respectively).

In its final phase, the canal took over nine years to construct; 300 million m³ of soil were excavated (greater than the amount involved in building the Panama and Suez canals), and 3.6 million m³ of concrete were used for the locks and support walls


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Suceava city, the Armenian monastery Zamca

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Extinguished volcano in Racos

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nice pictures

From my journey via Romania

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Wooden chrch from Maramures (Plopis)

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The Ponor Fortress (Cetatile Ponorului) is the Romania's greatest Karstic complex: the main portal of 70 m high, 3 grand dolinas (120 m deep), 2000 m long cave with huge galeries watered by an underground stream.



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Peles Castle, Sinaia

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This would have to be the most beautiful castles that ive been to.
I could not belive the detail inside, all that furniture and wood paneling in such great condition.
I was so lucky to have the place to myself on the day, just me and a guide :banana:

I spent 2 weeks in Romania in 2002, loved it, loved it, i want to come back rite now after looking at this thread :happy:

iubesc Alba Iulia

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Another picture I took in Alba Iulia. I loved this church and if you look closely you can see another church off in the distance.

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Galbena Gorges, Apuseni

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Alba Iulia

After the southern part of Dacia became a province of the Roman Empire, the capital of the Dacia Apulensis district was established here, and the city was known as Apulum. Apulum was one of the largest centers in Roman Dacia and the seat of the XIII Gemina Legion.

In the 9th century, the city was mentioned under the name of Belgrad or Belograd. The Gesta Hungarorum mention a ruler named Geula, Gyula, or Jula, who had discovered the city and made it the capital of his dukedom during 10th century. Following the establishment of the Catholic Transylvanian bishopric after Stephen I of Hungary adopted Catholicism, the first cathedral was built in the 11th century. The present (Catholic) cathedral was built in the 12th or 13th century.

As Gyulafehérvár, Alba Iulia became the capital of the Principality of Transylvania in 1541, a status it was to retain until 1690. It was during the reign of Prince Gabriel Bethlen that the city reached a high point in its cultural history, with the establishment of an academy. Further important milestones in the city's development include the creation of the Batthyanaeum Library in the 18th century and the arrival of the railway in the 19th century.


In November of 1599, Michael the Brave, Voivode of Wallachia, entered Alba Iulia following his victory in the Battle of Şelimbăr and became Voivode of Transylvania. In 1600 he gained control of Moldavia, thereby uniting the three principalities under his rule until his murder in 1601 by Giorgio Basta's agents. This was the first unification of the three Romanian-populated principalities of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania, lasting for a year and a half. In 1918, tens of thousands of Romanians and representatives of the Transylvanian Saxons and other minorities of Transylvania gathered in Alba Iulia on 1 December, now commemorated as the National Day in post-communist Romania, to hear the proclamation of the union of Transylvania with the Kingdom of Romania. In 1922, Ferdinand of Romania was symbolically crowned King of Romania in Alba Iulia in an act which mirrored the achievement of Michael the Brave.


The main historical area of Alba Iulia is the upper city, developed extensively by Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire, in honour of whom the Habsburgs renamed the city Karlsburg. The upper city's fortress, with seven bastions in a stellar shape, was constructed between 1716 and 1735 by Giovanni Morando Visconti, using the Vauban system—the largest of this kind in south-eastern Europe.

Inside the fortress is the Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Batthyaneum library, the Roman Catholic Bishop's palace, the Orthodox Cathedral, Babylon Building (National Museum of Unification), Union Hall, Apor Palace, the Princely Palace, and the University of Alba Iulia.


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Sfântu Nicolae Domnesc church in Curtea de Arges, 14th century wall paintings

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Pelican colony in Delta

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Cozia monastery and Olt river. It was erected by Mircea cel Bătrân in 1388 and is boasting his tomb.

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Turnu Rosu (Red Tower) castle and Olt river. The main building was built in 13-14th century.

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Turnu Rosu castle, the oldest part is this tower from the Roman castrum Caput Stenarum

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Danube at Galati

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Viscri / Deutsch-Weisskirch, one of the most picturesque Saxon peasant fortresses

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The Opera House in Cluj-Napoca :

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Rarau Mountain, Bukovina
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Danube at Braila

The Cantemir metropolitan area will be formed from the cities of Galaţi and Brăila in Romania. Together they have a population of more than 600,000 people. An alternate name could be Lower Danube.

As of 2009 it is a proposed project and, if completed, would represent the second-largest metropolitan zone in Romania after Bucharest.

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Postavaru Mountain

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Tulcea city

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Bucharest

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Detunatele basalt formations, Bucium, Apuseni Mountains
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Constanta with the Mosque

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In Bistrita Nasaud county

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Saon monastery, Dobruja

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Multumesc tuturor celor care au continuat sa posteze si sa ofere informatii in legatura cu cele postate.Regret ca in ultima perioada nu am avut timp sa adun si sa postez mai multe poze,dar promit sa ma revansez,si sa postez macar cateva poze pe saptamna. ;)
Numai bine :cheers1:

Sa incep cu cateva poze facute in acest weekend in Arad,la cetatea din Siria.:)


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Magura.The green paradise.

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Bigar waterfall, Banat

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Voonet monastery, Bukovina, Unesco World Heritage site. Church from 1488, exterior paintings from 1535

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NICE PICTURES :okay:

romania is a very beautiful country

Fagaras mountains

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Voonet monastery, Bukovina, Unesco World Heritage site. Church from 1488, exterior paintings from 1535

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:drool: belo...

Church in Malâncrav / Malmkrog.

At the fortified church of Mălâncrav are found the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania aside from those at Ghelinţa/Gelence in Háromszék.

The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has early 14th century Gothic murals in the apse, 15th century ones in the nave and a 15 century late Gothic altar.

In later centuries the Apafi clan (Hungarian nobles in Transylvania) buried their dead in the church since they had overlordship in the village, but the sarcophagi were removed by the Communist regime. The locality was not part of the autonomous Saxon territory, although until the 1970s it was populated by Germans.


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Lotru river Valley, Oltenia. This is the most remote and less polluted area in Romania.

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Rupea/Reps
On the premises of the ancient Dacian settlement Ramidava, called by the Romans Rupes (from which the present name of the town derives), a prefeudal settlement was built (10th-13th centuries), and later on a medieval fortress (mentioned in writing for the first time in 1324, during the rule of the Hungarian king Charles I Robert of Anjou). In 1433 the settlement was recorded as a fair under the name of Kohälm (top of rock) or Cohälm.


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Bears' Cave (Peştera Urşilor)
The cave was named so, as numerous cave bears (Ursus spelaeus) were found in this cave. The cave was visited by these large animals more than 15.000 years ago. But one day, a rock slide closed the entrance while more than 140 bears were still in the cave. Becoming hungry, the bears killed one another until all were dead. This story is told by their remains, tons of bear bones covering the floor of large parts of the cave with the marks of bear teeth.

Now the cave was undisturbed until 17-SEP-1975, when the cave was discovered during quarry works.

Peştera Urşilor is the only modern show cave in Romania, with paved paths, banisters, and electric light. This was a sort of experiment, to test if show caves are interesting for tourists. But although this experiment worked very well - the cave attracts more than 200.000 visitors every year - it is still the only well developed show cave in Romania.

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Very nice aerial photo of Bucharest:
Bucharest
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The Transfăgărăşan or DN7C is the highest and most dramatic paved road in Romania. Built as a strategic military route, the 90 km of twists and turns run North to South across the tallest sections of the Carpathian Mountains, between the highest peak in the country, Moldoveanu, and the second highest, Negoiu. The road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Piteşti.

It has more tunnels (a total of 5) and viaducts than any other road in Romania. Near the highest point, at Bâlea Lake, the road passes through the longest road tunnel in Romania (884 m).

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Lacul Rosu (Red Lake) is natural storage lake at 980 m altitude, near Bicaz Gorges, at approximately 26 km from Gheorgheni city (Harghita County), on the national road 12/C, in the resort with the same name.


The lake is formed recently, in the summer of 1837. Then, after some abundant rains, a great quantity of rocks and debris slided from the Northen side of the Killer Rock (Stanca Ucigasului), blocking the Bicajel river. The water have accumulated and formed a natural storage lake. The unusual magic is amplified by a lot of empty truncks of the old fir trees, which come out from the water passing through the image of Little Suhard reflected in the lake mirror.


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Roşia Montană is a commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania.

The state-run gold mine was forced to close in late 2006 in advance of Romania's accession to the EU but Gabriel Resources of Canada want to replace it with a new mine. This has caused controversy over the destruction of Roman remains and on fears of a repeat of the cyanide pollution at Baia Mare.

There is archaeological and metallurgical evidence of gold mining in the 'Golden Quadrilateral' of Transylvania since the late Stone Age. Alburnus Maior was founded by the Romans during the rule of Trajan as a mining town, with Illyrian colonists from South Dalmatia. Archaeologists have discovered in the town ancient dwellings, necropolises, mine galleries, mining tools, 25 wax tablets and many inscriptions in Greek and Latin, centred around Carpeni Hill. The Romans left Dacia in 271.

Mining appears to have started again in the Middle Ages by German migrants using similar techniques to the Romans.

The remains of the Roman mining town include ancient industrial facilities, temples, baths, houses and tunnels. The latter have been described by UNESCO as "a unique archaeological complex of Roman mine galleries", although company spokesman Adrian Dascalu has suggested that "They're more Austro-Hungarian than Roman". Most of these remains would be destroyed by the project.

The Romanian Academy, the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Romanian Catholic Church and the Romanian Unitarian Church have all signalled their opposition to the project. Large western NGOs such as Greenpeace and political organisations such as the European Federation of Green Parties are also opposed. The plan outraged Prince Charles of Great Britain, who is fond of Romania's Old Saxon villages.

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From my scooter holidays. North of Baia :

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Center of the city (Tulcea)

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Olt Canyon, the busiest across the Carpathians

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Dragomirna monastery, 1609

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Orsova - small town on the Danube, Banat, southwestern Romania

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From my scooter holidays. North of Baia :

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Center of the city (Tulcea)

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Porolissum, the city on the Northern border of Roman Dacia

Established as a military camp in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars, the city quickly grew through trade with the native Dacians and became the capital of the province Dacia Porolissensis in 124. The site is one of the largest and best-preserved archaeological sites in modern-day Romania. It is 8 km away from the modern city of Zalău.


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^^ I saw it on TVR's "Restaurare", it's an amazing place full of history and very nice located, it's also sad that nobody excepting the locals really cares about this monument of romanian culture :bash:

BTW Restaurare - Vila Elisabeta, Baile-Herculane
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