A little bit about Romania

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Romania – main attractions

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7 UNESCO world heritage sites

the Churches of Moldavia

the Dacian Fortress of the Orastie Mountains

the Historic Centre of Sighisoara

the Monastery of Horezu

the Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania

the Wooden Churches of Maramures

the Danube Delta

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Sarmizegetusa Regia

The Dacian Kingdom – maximum expansion during KingBurebista. Unified again under the reign of the Dacian kingDecebalus. The Dacians were eventually defeated by EmperorTrajan and the core of their kingdom was turned into the provinceof Roman Dacia.

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Statue of Decebalus, Europe’s largest rock sculpture

Somewhere along the Danube, near the small city of Orsova, insouthwestern Romania, lies a 55-m high rock sculpture depictingDecebalus, the last king of Dacia. The monument can only bereached by boat.

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Joke intermission

Doi romani pe vremea Tovarasului stateau ın parc pe o banca.Unul citea o revista automobilistica pe coperta careia erau ilustrateo Dacie si un Mercedes. Unul ıntreaba:

- Ce spuneti care masina e mai frumoasa?

- Dacia, evident!

- Se vede ca nu stii mai nimic despre masini!

- Nu, nu despre masini stiu foarte multe. Despre tine nu stiumai nimic!

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Romania – main attractions

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Merry Cemetery – village of Sapanta, Maramures

→ local Dacian culture: belief in the immortality of the soul;death is a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life.

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Merry Cemetery – village of Sapanta, Maramures

→ local Dacian culture: belief in the immortality of the soul;death is a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life.

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Merry Cemetery – village of Sapanta, Maramures

→ local Dacian culture: belief in the immortality of the soul;death is a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life.

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Funny epitaphs

RomanianSub aceasta cruce greaZace biata soacra-meaTrei zile de mai traiaZaceam eu si cetea ea.Voi care treceti pa aiciIncercati sa n-o trezitiCa acasa daca vineIarai cu gura pa mineDa asa eu m-oi purtaCa-napoi n-a inturnaStai aicea draga soacra-mea

EnglishUnder this heavy crossLies my poor mother in-lawThree more days had she livedI’d lie here, and she would read.You, who here are passing byNot to wake her up please tryCause’ if she comes back homeShe’ll criticize me more.But I will surely behaveSo she’ll not return from grave.Stay here, my dear mother in-law!

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Romania – main attractions

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Dracula

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia– posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impalerdue to his practice of impaling his enemies.

He was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia,ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462.

The name of the vampire Count Draculain Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Draculawas inspired by Vlad’s patronymic.

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SATIRE III by Mihai Eminescu

But I defend the poverty and the needs of a struggling landAnd therefore all the rocks and streams and hills that guardian standAnd all that grows and moves and breathes to me is ally true,While every blade of grass and stone is enemy to you;We have small hosts, yet love of soil had ever power to ridThis flowering land of all its foes. Prepare then Bayazid !

The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395 betweenthe Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea cel Batran (Mircea the Elder)

against the Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I.

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Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Johnny Wait. Aren’t you going to suck my blood?

Dracula Classic human paranoia. Human blood is so fatty, and younever know where it’s been.

Johnny So, Dracula doesn’t drink blood?

Dracula No, I use a blood substitute. Either Near Blood or BloodBeaters. You can’t tell the difference.

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Romania – main attractions

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Rosia Montana

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Rosia Montana

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Rosia Montana

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Fan Fest - 9th edition

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Romania – main attractions

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Timisoara

The first mainland European city to be lit by electric street lamps in

1884, and also first to introduce horse-drawn trams in 1869.

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Timisoara

The first mainland European city to be lit by electric street lamps in

1884, and also first to introduce horse-drawn trams in 1869.

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Timisoara

The first mainland European city to be lit by electric street lamps in

1884, and also first to introduce horse-drawn trams in 1869.

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Timisoara – grin and bear it!

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Timisoara – grin and bear it!

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Romania – grin and bear it!

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Romania – grin and bear it!

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The best part about Romania

The people.

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