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- Dragomirna Monastery – Fortified SpiritualityThe Wooden Churches from Maramures – Orthodox GothicThe Trovants – Living StonesMarasesti Mausoleum – Honoring The SacrificeAgapia Monastery – Nature, Spirituality, ArtMysteries And Symbols In Romanian SculpturesSarmizegetusa Regia – The Heart of the Dacian KingdomTwo Sisters from Cluj-NapocaCraiova’s Art Museum – a Jewel Containing Other JewelsDecebalus Head at Mraconia – The Romanian Mount RushmoreCartisoara – The Memorial House of Badea CartanStavropoleos Monastery – Treasure Trove of Byzantine CultureBucharest Aviation Museum – Wings of HistoryRomanian Pyramids of Sona: Decebalus’ Tomb?Polovragi Cave Takes You Back in TimeThe Clock Museum from Ploiesti, RomaniaThe Cave From Romanesti – The Cave That RocksSighisoara Medieval FestivalCetatea Neamt – The Strongest Moldavian FortressThe Carpathians – A Cathartic ExperienceBanffy Bontida Medieval Castle – the Versailles of TransylvaniaUnseen Monasteries from Oltenia“George Enescu” Memorial HouseSapanta – The Merry CemeteryAdamclisi – Talking HistoryThe “B.P.Hasdeu“ Memorial MuseumThe Momarlani – A Special PeopleThe Berca Mud VolcanoesRasnov FortressLake Sfanta AnaFagaras FortressThe Palace of the Parliament in BucharestRomanian MotorcyclingTaking the Tour of BucharestThe Danube Delta – a wild land
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Things to see
Dragomirna Monastery – Fortified Spirituality
15 km North of Suceava, surrounded by powerful walls resembling those of a military fortress, there is Dragomirna Monastery, unique in Romania through its unusual proportions.
Its construction was initiated in 1602 by the Metropolitan of Moldavia, Anastasie Crimca (1560-1629), an important cultural figure of his time. Dragomirna Monastery – Fortified Spirituality
The Wooden Churches from Maramures – Orthodox Gothic
Nowadays, churches are spaces meant to offer spiritual shelter against the exterior turmoil, but there was a time when they were key elements in assuring the security of those who built them.The Wooden Churches from Maramures – Orthodox Gothic
The Trovants – Living Stones
In Valcea County, close to the road connecting Ramnicu Valcea and Targu Jiu, 8 km far from Horezu, on the land of a small village named Costesti, there are some fascinanting and mysterious stones, called Trovants, which are believed to have a life in them. The trovants (concretions) are geological phenomena which consist in spherical shapes of cemented sand, appeared due to some powerful seismic activity.The Trovants – Living Stones
Marasesti Mausoleum – Honoring The Sacrifice
The First World War claimed many lives and Romania was one of the countries that had to pay this painful toll.Marasesti Mausoleum – Honoring The Sacrifice
Agapia Monastery – Nature, Spirituality, Art
Among other Romanian monasteries, Agapia was blessed with all the gifts a cultural settlement could wish for: natural enviroment, great development and priceless works of art. The name “Agapia” comes from the Greek word “agapis”, meaning “Christian love” and it represented the collective meals the early Christians had together, as a symbol of communion and solidarity. Agapia Monastery is situated on the small river in the forest of Agapia, 3 km far from the village bearing the same name and 9 km far from Targu Neamt (Neamt County, Moldavia).Agapia Monastery – Nature, Spirituality, Art
Mysteries And Symbols In Romanian Sculptures
Andre Malraux said that an object of art belongs to his time, while a work of art belongs to eternity.Mysteries And Symbols In Romanian Sculptures
