Romania (dated: Rumania, Roumania ; România, ro.mɨˈni.a) is a country located in South-East Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory. It shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south. The territory's recorded history encompasses such eras as the Dacians, Roman Empire (leading to the development of Romanian language), Kingdom of Hungary, and Ottoman Empire. As a nation-state, the country was formed by the merging of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 and it gained recognition of its independence in 1878. Later, in 1918, they were joined by Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia. At the end of World War II, parts of its territories (roughly the present day Moldova) were occupied by USSR and Romania became a member of the Warsaw Pact. With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Romania started a series of political and economic reforms. After a decade of post-independence economic problems, Romania made economic reforms such as low flat tax rates in 2005 and joined the European Union in January 1 2007. While Romania's income level remains one of the lowest in the European Union, reforms have increased the growth speed. Romania is now an upper-middle income country economy. Romania has the 9th largest territory and the 7th largest population (with 22 million people ) among the European Union member states. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest (Bucureşti ), the 6th largest city in the EU with 1.9 million people. In 2007, Sibiu, a large city in Transylvania, was chosen as a European Capital of Culture. Romania also joined NATO on March 29, 2004, and is also a member of the Latin Union, of the Francophonie and of OSCE. Romania is a semi-presidential unitary state. (more)
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Hungary:
Hungary (Magyarország; mɒɟɒrorsaːg; ), officially in English the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság , literally Magyar (Hungarian) Republic), is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukrai
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Bulgaria:
Bulgaria (България, transliterated: , pronounced bəlˈgarija), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, , pronounced rɛˈpubliˌka bəlˈgarija, a state in Southeastern Europe, borders on five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly
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Bucharest:
Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti ) is the capital city, industrial, and commercial centre of Romania. It is Romania's largest city. It is located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River. It was originally know
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Moldova:
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south. In the Middle Ages, most of the present territory of Moldova was
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Transylvania:
Transylvania (Ardeal or Transilvania; Erdély; , see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Basin, in present-day central Romania. Bounded in the east and south by the Carpathian mountain r
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Wallachia:
Wallachia (also spelled Walachia; Ţara Românească or "The Romanian Land") is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia is sometimes referred to as Muntenia, th
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Sibiu:
Sibiu (si'biw, Hermannstadt; Nagyszeben; הערמאנשטאדט (Hermanshtadt) or סזעבען (Szeben), ) is one of the largest cities in Transylvania, Romania with a population of about 175,000. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. It is the
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Dacians:
The Dacians (Lat. Daci, Gr. Dákai) were a Thracian people, the ancient inhabitants of Dacia (located in the area in and around the Carpathian mountains and east of there to the Black Sea), present day Romania and Moldova, parts of Sarmatia (mostly in
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Danube Delta:
The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării; Russian: Дельта Дуная, Delt'a Dunaya; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю, Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and the best preserved on the continent Danube Delta - UNESCO World
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Accession of Romania to the European Union:
The Accession of Romania to the European Union took place on January 1, 2007. This date was set at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003 and confirmed in Brussels on June 18, 2004. The country reports of October 2004 also affirmed the January 1, 2007 date
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Serbia:
Serbia (Србија, Srbija), officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија, Republika Srbija, ), is a landlocked country in Central and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkan Penins
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Ukraine:
Ukraine (English pronunciation /juːˈkreɪn/; Україна, Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the B
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Moldavia:
Moldavia (official: Moldova) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians and Dnister river. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th
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Member State of the European Union:
A Member State of the European Union is any one of the twenty-seven sovereign nation states that have acceded the European Union (EU) since its de facto inception in 1951 as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). From an original membership of
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Bukovina:
Bukovina (Romanian: Bucovina; Буковина/Bukovyna; German and Polish: Bukowina; see also other languages) is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. It is currently split between Rom
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Romanian Revolution of 1989:
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of increasingly violent riots and fighting in late December 1989 that overthrew the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu, and after a summary trial, the execution of Ceauşescu and his wife Elena
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Treaty of Berlin (1878):
The Treaty of Berlin was the final Act of the Congress of Berlin (June 13-July 13, 1878), by which the United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Hamid revised the Treaty of San Stefano signed
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Ottoman Empire:
The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish: Osmanlı Devleti or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu), was a Turkish state. The state was known as the Turkish Empire or Turkey
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NATO:
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord (OTAN); (also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance, or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance established by the signing of the Nort
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World War II:
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the m
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Kingdom of Hungary:
The Kingdom of Hungary (short form: Hungary) was a state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918, then from 1919 to 1946 interrupted several times by periods of anarchy or changes in form of government.
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Bessarabia:
Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian, Besarabya in Turkish) is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut Ri
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Francophonie:
La Francophonie is an international organisation of French-speaking countries and governments and, in French, the community of French-speaking peoples . Formally known as the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) or the International O
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European Capital of Culture:
The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. A number of European cities have used the City of Culture ye
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Unitary state:
A unitary state is a state whose three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature. The political power of government in such states may well be transferred to lower levels, to natio
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Flat tax:
A flat tax (short for flat rate tax) is a tax system with a constant rate. Usually this would refer to household income, and possibly corporate profits as well, being taxed at one marginal rate. Flat taxes, implemented as well as proposed, usually ex
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Romanian language:
Romanian or Daco-Romanian (dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation: limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə) is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova. It has official status in Romania, Moldova and
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Romanian:
Romanian (also the archaic spellings Rumanian and Roumanian or the Romanian word Român) may refer to a resident of or something associated with Romania, a country in southeastern Europe, including: * Romanian folklore, folklore and mythology of Roman
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Romanians:
The Romanians (dated: Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional, rumâni) are an ethnic group; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania. In one prominent interpretation of the census result
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Cluj-Napoca:
(pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; Klausenburg; Kolozsvár; Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; קלויזנבורג), until 1974 Cluj, is the third largest city in Romania, and the seat of Cluj County, in north-western Transylvania. Geographically, i
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FC Steaua Bucureşti:
FC Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club from Ghencea, south-west Bucharest. They are the most successful Romanian football team ever in European competitions as well in the Romanian Liga I (23 championship wins).They became the
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Olt River:
The Olt River (Romanian and Hungarian; German: Alt; Latin: Aluta or Alutus) is a river in Romania. Its source is in the Hăşmaş Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the village Bălan. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Cov
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Romania national football team:
The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the fi
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Social Democratic Party (Romania):
The Social Democratic Party of Romania (in Romanian, Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is a major political party of Romania. It can be loosely classified as a center-left party, although the right-left division in Romania is quite blurred. It is curren
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FC Dinamo Bucureşti:
FC Dinamo Bucureşti is one of the most famous Romanian football clubs in the country. It is one of the three major teams from the Romanian capital, Bucharest, together with Steaua Bucureşti and and Rapid Bucharest.
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Democratic Party (Romania):
The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD) was a centre-right party of Romania. In January 2008, it merged with the Liberal Democratic Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party. From 2004 to 2007 it was the smaller party of the governing
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Oradea:
Oradea (pronunciation in Romanian: /o'ra.děa/, Hungarian: Nagyvárad, colloquially also Várad, German: Großwardein, former Varat, גרויסווארדיין) is the capital city of Bihor County, in Crişana, Romania. The city proper has a population of 206,614 as o
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Craiova:
Craiova (/kra'jo.va/), the fifth largest Romanian city, and the capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from th
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Conservative Party (Romania):
The Conservative Party of Romania (Romanian: Partidul Conservator) is a political party formed in 1991, after the fall of Communism, under the name of the Romanian Humanist Party (Partidul Umanist Român, PUR). From 2005 until December 3, 2006, the pa
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Harghita County:
Harghita (har.'gi.ta; Judeţul Harghita; Hargita megye) is a county (judeţ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea-Ciuc.
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Chamber of Deputies of Romania:
The Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaţilor) is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 332 seats, to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms. Addit
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Timişoara:
Timişoara (pronunciation in Romanian: /timiˈʃo̯ara/; Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeschburg, Temeswar, or Temeschwar, Bulgarian: Тимишоара, Serbian: Темишвар, Temišvar, Banat Bulgarian: Timišvár, Turkish: Tamışvar-Tamişvar or Temeşvar), also known
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Moesia:
Moesia (Μοισία, Moisía; Мизия, Miziya; Moesia; Мезија, Mezija) was an ancient region and Roman province situated in the areas of modern Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania along the south bank of the Danube River. In ancient geographical sources, Moesia was
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Braşov:
Braşov ( ; Brassó; Kronstadt; Medieval Latin: Brassovia or Corona) is a city in Romania and the capital of Braşov County, with a population of 284,596, according to the 2002 census, is the 7th largest Romanian city, after Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timi
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Iaşi:
Iaşi (pronunciation in Romanian: /jaʃʲ/), אש in Hebrew or Jassy, is a city and municipality in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of Moldavia from the 16th century until 1861 and of Romania (Romanian Kingdom) between 1916–1918 during Wor
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National Liberal Party (Romania):
The Partidul Naţional Liberal (National Liberal Party) is a liberal party in Romania, and the second largest party in parliament, being edged out only by the Social Democratic Party. Until April 2007, it was the largest member of the governing Justic
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Dobruja:
Dobruja, or sometimes Dobrudja (Bulgarian: Добруджа, Dobrudzha; Romanian: Dobrogea; Turkish: Dobruca; Greek: Δοβρουτσά, Dovroutsá), is an informal region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, includ
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Constanţa:
Constanţa (pronunciation in Romanian: /kon'stan.ʦa/; historical names: Tomis, Κωνστάντια or Constantia, Köstence, Кюстенджа) is the oldest living city in Romania. Constanţa has the biggest harbour on the Black Sea, Port of Constanţa, the fourth large
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Kingdom of Romania:
From 1859 to 1877, Romania evolved from a personal union of two vassal principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) under a single prince to a full-fledged independent kingdom with a Hohenzollern monarchy. In 1918, at the end of World War I, Transylvania,
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Carol I of Romania:
Carol I of Romania, original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (April 20, 1839 - ), German prince, was elected Domnitor (prince) of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and
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FC Universitatea Craiova:
FC Universitatea Craiova (Campioana unei mari Iubiri) is one of the most famous football clubs from Romania, along with Steaua Bucuresti and Dinamo Bucuresti. They became the first Romanian footbal team to reach the semifinals of a European tournamen
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Transnistria (World War II):
Transnistria, during World War II, was a region of the USSR, occupied by Romania, during the maximum eastward expansion of the Axis Powers, from August 19 1941 to January 29 1944. Limited in the west by the Dniester river, in the east by the Southern
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CFR Cluj:
CFR Cluj is a Romanian football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca. They won the 2007/2008 season champions of Liga I, Romania's top football league. This is their first championship and the first to be won by a team from outside Bucharest to win Liga
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Nicolae Ceauşescu:
Nicolae Ceauşescu ( ) (January 26, 1918-December 25,1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when a revolution and coup removed him from power. The self-called revolutionaries' representatives held a two-hour trial and sentenced
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Jiu River:
The Jiu (Latin: Rabon; Hungarian: Zsil) is a river of southern Romania. It is formed near Petroşani by the junction of headwaters Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est. It flows southward through the Romanian counties Hunedoara, Gorj and Dolj before flowing i
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University of Bucharest:
The University of Bucharest (Romanian: Universitatea din Bucureşti), in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.
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Iron Guard:
The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to an ultra-nationalist antisemitic, fascist movement and political party in Romania in the period from 1927 into the early part of World War II. Originally founded by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
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Covasna County:
Covasna (ko.'vas.na, Kovászna) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe.
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Maramureş County:
Maramureş (ma.ra.'mu.reʃ is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the Maramureş region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
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Oltenia:
Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternate Latin names Wallachia Minor, Wallachia Alutana, Wallachia Caesarea in use between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania, in western Wallachia. I
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Galaţi:
Galaţi (/ga'laʦʲ/, Kalas; Galatz; Gałacz) is a city in eastern Romania (Moldavia), the capital city of Galaţi County on the banks of the Danube, very close to Brăila forming with it the Cantemir metropolitan area. In 2006, according to the official R
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Prime Minister of Romania:
The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Currently, the prime minister is Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, president of the National Liberal Party.
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Ploieşti:
Ploieşti (/plo'jeʃtʲ/, older spelling: Ploeşti) is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia, Romania. The city is located 56 km (35 miles) north of Bucharest. In 2002, it had a population of 232,527, making it
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Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878):
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 had its origins in a rise in nationalism in the Balkans as well as in the Russian goal of recovering territorial losses it had suffered during the Crimean War, reestablishing itself in the Black Sea and following th
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Traian Băsescu:
Traian Băsescu (born November 4 1951) is a Romanian politician and former Merchant Navy officer. He is the current President of Romania, inaugurated on December 20 2004. He won the office in the 2004 presidential election. Prior to becoming President
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Ion Antonescu:
Ion Victor Antonescu (June 15 1882, Piteşti - June 1 1946, near Jilava) was the prime minister and conducător (Leader) of Romania during World War II from September 4, 1940 to August 23, 1944.
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Siret River:
The Siret River (Ukrainian: Серет, Russian: Сирет , Hungarian: Szeret) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins the Danube. In ancient times, it
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Brăila:
Brăila (pronunciation in Romanian: /brə'i.la/, Браила, Ibrail) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of the Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi. In 2002, according to the official Romanian census, the
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Vest (development region):
Vest (West) is a development region in Romania created in 1998. As with the other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers. Its primary functions are coordinating regional development projects and taking in funds from the Europ
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List of rulers of Wallachia:
This is a List of rulers of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1862, leading to the creation of Romania.
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Mircea Eliade:
Mircea Eliade ( – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that
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Ilie Năstase:
Ilie Năstase (born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania) is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 in 1973 according to the Association of Tennis Professionals computer rankin
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List of rulers of Moldavia:
This is a List of rulers of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality, to form the modern-day state of Romani
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President of Romania:
The President of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The President is directly elected by a two-round system for a five-year term (since 2004, after the Constitution was modified in 2003). He or she can serve two terms. During his term in office
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Târgu Mureş:
Târgu Mureş ( in Romanian; Târgu Mureş; Marosvásárhely, (Székely-)Vásárhely; Neumarkt am Mieresch; Novum Forum Siculorum) is a city in Mureş county, Transylvania, Romania. A deprecated Romanian spelling of its name is Tîrgu Mureş.
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Bacău:
Bacău (in Romanian: /ba'kəw/) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 41km² and has an estimated population of 175.921 The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mounta
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Alexander John Cuza:
Alexander John Cuza (common English rendition of Alexandru Ioan Cuza; March 20, 1820 – May 15, 1873) was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866
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Ion Iliescu:
Ion Iliescu (born March 3, 1930) is a Romanian politician. He was the elected President of Romania for eleven years (three terms), from 1990 to 1992, 1992 to 1996, and 2000 to 2004. His first and second terms were separated from the third term by the
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History of the Jews in Romania:
The history of Jews in Romania concerns the Jews of Romania and of Romanian origins, from their first mention on what is nowadays Romanian territory. Minimal until the 18th century, the size of the Jewish population increased after around 1850, and m
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Eugène Ionesco:
Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu (November 26, 1909 – March 28, 1994), was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays d
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Getae:
The Getae (Greek: Γέται, singular Γέτης) was the name given by the Greeks to several Thracian tribes that occupied the regions south of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria, and north of the Lower Danube, in the Muntenian plain (today
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Constantin Brâncuşi:
Constantin Brâncuşi, or Brancusi, (February 19, 1876 - March 16, 1957, ), was an internationally renowned Romanian sculptor, born in Hobiţa, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, whose sculptures blend simplicity and sophistication that led the way for modernist scu
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Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania:
The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, (also Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania; Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSz; Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is the main political organization repre
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Senate of Romania:
The Senate of Romania (Romanian: Senat) is the upper house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 137 seats (as of November 28, 2004), to which members are elected by direct popular vote, using proportional representation in 42 electoral districts
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Bucharest Metro:
The Bucharest Metro (Metroul Bucureşti in Romanian) is an underground urban railway network that serves the capital of Romania, Bucharest. The network is run by Metrorex. It is one of the most accessed systems of the Bucharest public transport networ
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Treaty of Paris (1920):
The 1920 Treaty of Paris was an act signed by Romania and the Principal Allied Powers of the time (France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan) whose purpose was the recognition of Romanian sovereignity over Bessarabia. The treaty however never came into
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Operation Tidal Wave:
Operation Tidal Wave was a World War II aerial bombardment operation by a composite strike force of five bomb groups from the United States Eighth and Ninth Air Forces to destroy the oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania, on 1 August 1943. The operatio
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Government of Romania:
The Government of Romania (Romanian: Guvernul României) is the executive branch of Romania. It is headed by the Prime-Minister, and consists of the Ministries, the institutions subordinated to it, and the 42 Prefectures (the representative of the Gov
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Lucian Blaga:
Lucian Blaga (May 9 1895 - May 6 1961) was a Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher.
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Gheorghe Hagi:
Gheorghe Hagi ( in Romanian; born February 5, 1965 in Săcele), is a Romanian former football player. He was famous for his passing, close control and long shots. Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", he is considered a hero in his homeland as
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Nadia Comăneci:
Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci /ko.mə'neʧʲ/; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is one of the best
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Parliament of Romania:
The Parliament of Romania is made up of two chambers: *The Chamber of Deputies *The Senate Prior to the modifications of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses. If the text
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Roma minority in Romania:
The Roma (Roma in Romany; Romi, Rromi or Ţigani in Romanian) constitute one of the major minorities in Romania. According to the 2002 census, they number 535,250 people or 2.5% of the total population, being the second-largest ethnic minority in Roma
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Banat Bulgarians:
The Banat Bulgarians (Banat Bulgarian: palćene or banátsći balgare; common банатски българи, banatski balgari) are a distinct Bulgarian minority group which settled in the 18th century in the region of the Banat, which was then ruled by the Habsburg
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Apuseni Mountains:
The Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni, Erdélyi-szigethegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Carpathians, also called Occidentali in Romanian. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset
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Sighişoara:
Sighişoara ( ; Schäßburg; Segesvár; Latin: Castrum Sex) is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 32,287 (2002).
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Mangalia:
Mangalia (man.'ga.li.a, Callatis, Panglicara, other historical names: Pangalia, Tomisovara) is a city and a port on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanţa County. The following resorts are administered by the Mangalia muni
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Constitution of Romania:
The 1991 Constitution of Romania is the fundamental law that establishes the structure of the government of Romania, the rights and obligations of the country's citizens, and its mode of passing laws. It stands as the basis of the legitimacy of the R
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Mihail Kogălniceanu:
Mihail Kogălniceanu (September 6, 1817-July 1, 1891) was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor
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Ion Luca Caragiale:
Ion Luca Caragiale (February 1, 1852-July 9, 1912) was a Romanian playwright and short story writer. He was born in Haimanale, Wallachia. The name of the locality, which is now situated in Dâmboviţa County, Romania, has been changed to I. L. Caragial
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Vasile Alecsandri:
Vasile Alecsandri, (21 July 1821-22 August 1890) was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union
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Tudor Arghezi:
Tudor Arghezi (pronunciation in Romanian: /'tu.dor ar'ge.zi/; May 21, 1880—July 14, 1967) was a major Romanian writer, noted for his contribution to poetry and children's literature. Born Ion N. Theodorescu in Bucharest (where he also died), he
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Emil Cioran:
Emil Cioran (April 8 1911 – June 20 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist.
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Căile Ferate Române:
Căile Ferate Române (translated "Romanian Railways," abbreviated as CFR) is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. Romania has a railway network of 11,380 km of which 3,971 km are electrified and the total track length is 2
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Bărăgan Plain:
The Bărăgan Plain (Romanian: Câmpia Bărăganului) is a steppe plain in south-central Romania, part of the Romanian Plain. It lies south of the River Călmăţui, a tributary of the Danube. It is mostly a cereal-growing area.
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile) is a 2007 Romanian film, written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film is set in Communist Romania in the
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Romanian Open:
The BCR Open Romania is an ATP tennis tournament taking place September every year in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament was first held in 1993, with Goran Ivanišević winning the singles title. The tournament has yet to see a Romanian singles winner
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Northern Transylvania:
Northern Transylvania is a region of Transylvania, situated within the territory of Romania. The population is largely composed of both ethnic Romanians and Hungarians, and the region was ruled by both Romania and Hungary at different points during t
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National Legionary State:
The National Legionary State (Romanian: Statul Naţional Legionar) was the Romanian government of September 6, 1940—January 23, 1941. It was a single-party regime dictatorship dominated by the overtly fascist Iron Guard in uneasy conjunction with head
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Justice and Truth Alliance:
The Justice and Truth Alliance (in Romanian Alianţa Dreptate şi Adevăr, or D.A. for short) was a political alliance comprising two political parties in Romania: the centre-right liberal National Liberal Party (PNL) and the centrist reformist Democrat
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Emil Constantinescu:
Emil Constantinescu (born November 19, 1939 in Tighina, currently in the Republic of Moldova) was President of Romania from 1996 to 2000. He graduated from the law school of the University of Bucharest, and subsequently started a career as a geologis
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Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania):
The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat, PNŢ-CD) is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party. It is the successor of the National Peasants' Party (which, in turn, was the successor of the Romanian N
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Câmpulung:
Câmpulung (/kɨɱpu'luŋg/), or Câmpulung Muscel, is a city in the Argeş County, Romania. It is situated among the outlying hills of the Transylvanian Alps, at the head of a long well-wooded glen traversed by the river Târgului, a tributary of the Argeş
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Adrian Mutu:
Adrian Mutu (born January 8 1979 in Călineşti, Argeş County) is a Romanian striker who plays for Italian Serie A club ACF Fiorentina and the Romania national team. On 25 March, 2008 he was decorated by the president of România, Traian Băsescu for th
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Prahova Valley:
Prahova Valley (Romanian: Valea Prahovei) is the valley where the Prahova river makes its way between the Bucegi and the Baiului Mountains, in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. It is a tourist region, situated about 100 km north of the capital city
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Lipovans:
Lipovans or Lippovans (Липовани in Ukrainian, Lipoveni in Romanian, Липоване, липованци) are the Old Believers, mostly of Russian ethnic origin, who settled in the delta of the Danube River in Tulcea county in the Dobrogea region of eastern Romania a
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Cristian Chivu:
Cristian Eugen Chivu ( ) (born 26 October 1980 in Reşiţa, Romania) is a Romanian footballer. He is the captain of the Romanian national team and currently plays with Inter Milan. On 25 March, 2008 he was decorated by the president of România, Traian
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Roman Catholicism in Romania:
The Roman-Catholic Church (Biserica Romano-Catolică din România) in Romania is a Latin Rite Christian church, part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. Its administration is centered in Bucha
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Ion Creangă:
Ion Creangă (born March 1, 1837 or June 10, 1839 in Humuleşti, Neamţ County — dead December 31, 1889 in Iaşi) was a Romanian writer, storyteller and memoirist.
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Constantin Noica:
Constantin Noica (/kon.stan'tin 'noj.ka/) ( , Vităneşti, Teleorman - December 4 1987, Sibiu) was a Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet, of Aromanian origin. His preoccupations were throughout all philosophy, from epistemology, philosophy of cultu
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Romanian Football Federation:
The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Fotbal) is the governing body of football in Romania. It organizes the Romania national football team and most of the Romanian football competitions. It is based in Bucharest.
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Treaty of Bucharest (1913):
The Treaty of Bucharest was concluded on August 10, 1913, by the delegates of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece. As Bulgaria had been completely isolated in the Second Balkan War, and as she was closely invested on her northern bounda
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Eugen Lovinescu:
Eugen Lovinescu (31 October 1881—1943) was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the Sburătorul literary club. He was the father of Monica Lovinescu, and the uncle of Horia Lov
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Retezat National Park:
Retezat National Park, located in Hunedoara county, Romania, was founded in 1935 and has an area of 380 km². Containing more than 60 peaks over 7,500 feet and over 100 crystal clear deep glacier lakes, the Retezat Mountains are some of the most beaut
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Minorities of Romania:
Only about 10.5% of the Romania's population represented by minorities (the rest of 89.5% being Romanians). The principal minorities in Romania are Hungarians (Szeklers and Magyars) (especially in Harghita, Covasna and Mureş) and Roma people (commonl
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Armenians of Romania:
Armenians have been present in what is now Romania and Moldova for over a millennium, and have been an important presence as traders since the 14th century. Numbering only in the thousands in modern times, they were culturally suppressed in the Commu
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High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania):
The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie) is Romania's supreme court. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of cassation around the world. It held various
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Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina:
On June 26 1940, Romania received an ultimatum from the Soviet Union, demanding the evacuation of the Romanian military and administration from Bessarabia and from the northern part of Bukovina , with an implied threat of invasion in the event of non
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Mamaia:
Mamaia is the biggest resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore. It is situated immediately north-east of Constanţa, Romania. Mamaia has almost no full time residents, being populated mostly during the summer. Mamaia is 8 km (5 miles) in length and only
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Ion Barbu:
Ion Barbu (pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895, Rucăr, Argeş County-11 August 1961, Bucharest) was a distinguished Romanian mathematician and poet. He was the son of Constantin Barbilian and Smaranda, née Şoiculescu. He attended Gheorghe Lazăr H
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National Bank of Romania:
The National Bank of Romania (Banca Naţională a României, BNR) is the central bank of Romania and was established in April 1880. It is located in the capital city, Bucharest. The bank's first governor was Eugeniu Carada; the present governor is Mugur
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Serbs in Romania:
The Serbs are an ethnic minority in Romania. According to the 2002 census, there were 22,518 Serbs in Romania or 0.1% of the population (the 1992 census recorded 29,408 Serbs, or 0.1% of the population). http://www.clubafaceri.ro/info_articole/artico
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Liviu Rebreanu:
Liviu Rebreanu (November 27 1885—September 1 1944) was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist.
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Cristian Mungiu:
Cristian Mungiu (b. 1968, Iaşi) is a Romanian filmmaker, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2007. After studying English literature at the University of Iaşi, he worked for a few years as a teacher and as a journalist. After that, he enrolled at the Univers
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Marin Preda:
Marin Preda (5 August 1922-16 May 1980) was a Romanian novelist, often considered the best of post-WWII Romania. Preda was born in Siliştea-Gumeşti village, Teleorman county, into a family of peasants. He studied at the village school, then at Abrud
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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romanian title Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) is a Romanian drama made in 2005 by director Cristi Puiu. In the film an old man (Ion Fiscuteanu) is carried by an ambulance from hospital to hospital all night long, as doctors k
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Greeks in Romania:
There has been a Greek presence in Romania for at least 27 centuries. At times, as during the Phanariote era, this presence has amounted to hegemony; at other times (including the present), the Greeks have simply been one among the area's many ethnic
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Romanian diaspora:
"Romanian diaspora" is a term that encompasses the total ethnic Romanian population located outside Romania and Moldova. The term does not usually count those ethnic Romanians living as natives in the states surrounding Romania, chiefly those Romania
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Marin Sorescu:
Marin Sorescu (February 29, 1936 - December 8, 1996) was a Romanian poet, playwright, and novelist.
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Golaniad:
The Golaniad (Romanian: Golaniada from the word golan meaning hoodlum) was a protest in Romania in the University Square, Bucharest. It was initiated by students and professors at the University of Bucharest. The Golaniad started in April 1990, befor
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Cristi Puiu:
Cristi Puiu (born 3 April 1967) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.
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Movement for unification of Romania and Moldova:
A movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova began in both countries after the 1989 Romanian Revolution and the glasnost policy in the Soviet Union. Individuals who are advocates of this movement are usually called Unionişti or Unionists. In
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George Coşbuc:
George Coşbuc (September 20 1866, Hordou, nowadays George Coşbuc in Bistriţa-Năsăud County—May 9 1918, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural
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Moldoveanu Peak:
Moldoveanu Peak (Romanian: Vârful Moldoveanu) is the highest mountain in Romania, being located in the Făgăraş Mountains of the Southern Carpathians. The most used paths to reach Moldoveanu are over the Vistea Mare Peak (2527m), by paths coming from
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Ukrainians of Romania:
The Ukrainians (Українці, Ucraineni) are the third-largest ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 61,091 people according to the 2002 census and hence making up 0.3% of the total population. Ukrainians mainly live in northern Romania, in areas close t
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Painted churches of northern Moldavia:
The painted churches of northern Moldavia are seven Romanian Orthodox churches in Suceava County, Romania in northern Moldavia, built approximately between 1487 and 1532. Since 1993 they have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Other rema
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George Enescu Festival:
The George Enescu Festival (also known as George Enescu Festival and International Competition) is the biggest classical music festival and classical international competition held in Romania, and one of the biggest in Eastern Europe. It was first he
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Constitutional Court of Romania:
The Constitutional Court of Romania (Curtea Constituţională in Romanian) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by the Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution. It consists of nine membe
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Nichita Stănescu:
Nichita Stănescu (born Nichita Hristea Stănescu) (March 31 1933, Ploieşti—December 13 1983, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet and essayist. He is the most acclaimed contemporary Romanian language poet, beloved by the public and generally held in e
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Bird in Space:
"Bird in Space" is a series of sculptures by Constantin Brancusi, a Romanian sculptor. The original work was created in 1923. It was sold in 2005 for 27.5 million US dollars, a record for a sculpture sold in an auction. In the "Bird in Space" works B
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Olimp, Romania:
Olimp is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, 7 km (4.3 miles) north of Mangalia. sandy beaches
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Rodna Mountains:
Rodna Mountains (Munţii Rodnei) are a subdivision of the Eastern Carpathians in Northern Romania. The name comes from the nearby Rodna Veche village. The Rodna Mountains have one of the longest continuous ridges in Romania, with over 50 km from west
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Gellu Naum:
Gellu Naum (August 1, 1915 - September 29, 2001) was a prominent Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group. The artist Lyggia Naum, his wife, was the inspir
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National Institute of Statistics (Romania):
The National Institute of Statistics (Institutul Naţional de Statistică) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is als
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Roads in Romania:
Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows: * motorways (autostradă - pl. autostrăzi) - colour: green; designation: A followed by one digit * expressways (drum rapid or drum expres) - colour: red; designation: D
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Brukenthal National Museum:
The Brukenthal National Museum (Romanian: Muzeul Naţional Brukenthal) is a museum in Sibiu, Romania, housed in the palace of Samuel von Brukenthal — who was Habsburg governor of Transylvania and who established its first collections around 1790
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Croats of Romania:
The Croats (Hrvati in Croatian, croaţi in Romanian) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 6,786 people according to the 2002 census. Croats mainly live in the southwest of the country, particularly in Caraş-Severin County. Declared Croatians f
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Mircea Cărtărescu:
Mircea Cărtărescu (born June 1 1956) is a Romanian poet, novelist and essayist. Born in Bucharest, he graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Romanian language and literature in 1980. Between 1980 and 1989 he worked as a Romanian lang
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Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains:
Built in murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains, in Romania, were created in the 1st centuries BC and AD as protection against Roman conquest. Their extensive and well-preserved remains present a picture of a vigorous
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Poiana Braşov:
Poiana Braşov is the most popular Romanian ski resort and an important touristic center preferred by many tourists not only from Romania, but also from Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and other European states. It is located at about 1,312 yards
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Polish minority in Romania:
According to the 2002 census, 3,671 Poles live in Romania, mainly in the villages of the Suceava region (Suczawa). There are even three exclusively Polish villages: Nowy Sołoniec (Soloneţu Nou), Plesza (Pleşa) and Pojana Mikuli (Poiana Micului). Pole
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Saturn, Romania:
Saturn is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, 1 km (0.6 miles) north of Mangalia. [http://www.infotravelromania.ro/harti/harta_saturn.html
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Merry Cemetery:
The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânţa, Maramureş county, Romania. It is famous for its colourful tombstones with native paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buri
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Voroneţ Monastery:
Voroneţ is a monastery in Romania, located in the town of Gura Humorului, Moldavia. It is one of the famous painted monasteries from southern Bukovina, now in Suceava County. Between May and September 1488, Stephen III of Moldavia (known as "Stephen
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SovRoms:
The SovRoms (plural of SovRom) were economic enterprises established in Romania following the Communist takeover at the end of World War II, in place until 1954-1956 (when they were dissolved by the Romanian authorities). In theory, SovRoms were join
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Tatars of Romania:
Tatars (Tătari) were present on the territory of today's Romania since the 13th century. According to the 2002 census, 24,000 people declared their nationality as Tatar, most of them being Crimean Tatars living in Constanţa County. They are the main
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Neptun, Romania:
Neptun is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, 6 km (3.8 miles) north of Mangalia. This is where former President (dictator) Nicolae Ceauşescu had his villa and private beach. The President of Romania still uses this villa as h
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Venus, Romania:
Venus is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, 3 km (1.8 miles) north of Mangalia.
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Czechs of Romania:
The Czechs (Češi, Cehi) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 3,938 people according to the 2002 census. The majority of Romanian Czechs live in the south-west of the country, with around 60% of them living in Caraş-Severin County, where they
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Horezu Monastery:
The Monastery of Horezu was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the town of Horezu, Wallachia, Romania. It is considered to be a masterpiece of "Brâncovenesc style", known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its
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Nord-Vest (development region):
Nord-Vest (North West) is a development region in Romania, created in 1998. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the Europ
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Slovaks of Romania:
The Slovaks (Slováci in Slovak, slovaci in Romanian) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 17,199 people according to the 2002 census and hence making up 0.1% of the total population. Slovaks mainly live in western Romania, with the largest po
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Romanian judicial reform:
Recent decades have seen a surge in the birth of "supraterritorial institutions and associations" , that have been gathered by their enactment of common law and practices. European Union's regional expansion into Southeastern Europe to include Romani
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June 1990 Mineriad:
The June 1990 Mineriad was the suppression of the student-led protests (the Golaniad) in 1990 Romania by the miners of Jiu Valley called in by the newly-elected power to Bucharest. The miners, armed with clubs, wounded more than a thousand people and
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Sud-Vest (development region):
Sud-Vest (South West) is a development region in Romania. It is roughly coterminous with the historic region of Oltenia (82,4%), and from that reason it is called sometimes Regiunea de dezvoltare Sud-Vest Oltenia.
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Metropolitan areas in Romania:
The current legislation in Romania regulates the status of the 265 cities according to their population and regional importance: * Rank 0 - Bucharest, the capital of Romania - municipality of "European" importance * Rank I - municipality of national
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Romanian-Moldovan relations:
Moldova and Romania have experienced many ups and downs in their relationship since Moldova's independence in 1991. Pan-Romanianism has been a consistent part of Moldovan politics, and was adopted in the Popular Front of Moldova's platform in 1992. R
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Scărişoara Cave:
Scărişoara Cave (Romanian: Peştera Scărişoara) is one of the biggest ice caves in the Romanian part of Carpathians, more specifically in the Apuseni Mountains. The exact date when the cave was discovered is unknown, but is mentioned in 1863 by the Ge
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Bucharest-Ilfov (development region):
The Bucharest-Ilfov development region is a development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main funct
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Braşov metropolitan area:
Braşov metropolitan area is a region in Braşov County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Braşov and 12 other nearby communities. It was constituted in 2007 with the aim of creating business opportunities, building and administering of living
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Hungarian language:
Hungarian (magyar nyelv ) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in seven neighbouring countries. The Hungarian name for the langu
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Danube:
The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow, run", Slovak Dunaj, Hungarian Duna, Romanian Dunărea, Old Norse Duná, Turkish Tuna, ancient Greek Istros, Croatian Dunav, Serbian Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian and Macedonian Дунав,
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Hungarian people:
{{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Hungarians Magyarok |image = Saint Stephen IMatthias CorvinusGábor BethlenBéla Bartók Tivadar KosztkaJános BolyaiLoránd EötvösJózsef Eötvös |population = c. 15.0 million |region1 = Central Europe |pop1 = c. 10.65 milli
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Black Sea:
The Black Sea is a marginal water body, connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Marmara and Mediterranean Seas. The Black Sea has an area of , and a maximum depth of .) The Black Sea forms in an east-west trending elliptical depression which lies bet
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Carpathian Mountains:
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (Carpaţi; Czech, Polish and Slovak: Karpaty; Ukrainian: Карпати (Karpaty); German: Karpaten; Serbian: Karpati / Карпати; Hungarian: Kárpátok) are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across C
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Dacia:
Dacia, in ancient geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes (Greeks) "Getae". Dacia was a large district of South Eastern Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by th
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Mureş River:
The Mureş (Romanian) (Maros, Latin: Marisus, Croatian: Moriš, German: Mieresch, Marosch or Muresch, Serbian: Мориш, Муреш) is an approximately 725 km (450 mi) long river in Eastern Europe. It originates in the Giurgeu (Gyergyó) Range in the Eastern C
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Communist Romania:
Communist Romania refers to the period of the history of Romania when its government was dominated by the Romanian Communist Party. During this period the country was consecutively known as the Romanian People's Republic (Romanian: Republica Populară
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Bran:
Bran is the hard outer layer of grain and consists of combined aleurone and pericarp. Along with germ, it is an integral part of whole grains, and is often produced as a by-product of milling in the production of refined grains. When bran is removed
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List of European countries in order of geographical area:
Below is a list of all the European countries, in order of geographical area. Europe's total geographical area is about 10.2 million km². Note: Some of these countries are considered part of Asia as well. They are marked with an asterisk (*) and only
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Transylvanian Saxons:
The Transylvanian Saxons (Siebenbürger Sachsen; Erdélyi szászok; Saşi) are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania (Siebenbürgen) from the 12th century onwards. The colonization of Transylvania by Germans was begun by King Géza II of
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Prut:
Prut, or Pruth, (Прут) is a 953 km long river in Eastern Europe. It was known in antiquity as Pyretus or Porata or Gerasius . It originates on the eastern slope of Mount Hoverla, in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. It flows southeast to join the
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Treaty of Trianon:
The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of World War I by the Allies of World War I, on one side, and Hungary, seen as a successor of Austria-Hungary, on the other. Text of the Treaty It established the borders of Hungary and r
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Securitate:
The Securitate (Romanian for Security; official full name Departamentul Securităţii Statului, State Security Department), was the secret service of Communist Romania. Previously the Romanian secret police was called Siguranţa statului (Safety of the
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Paris Peace Treaties, 1947:
The Paris Peace Conference (July 29 to October 15, 1946) resulted in the Paris Peace Treaties signed on February 10, 1947. The victorious wartime Allied powers (principally the United States, United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union) negotiated th
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Hungarian minority in Romania:
The Hungarian minority of Romania is the largest ethnic minority in Romania, consisting of 1,434,377 people and making up 6.6% of the total population, according to the 2002 census. For historic reasons, most ethnic Hungarians of Romania live in what
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Michael the Brave:
Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul, Vitéz Mihály; 1558-9 August 1601) was the Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601), of Transylvania (1599-1600), and of Moldavia (1600) three principalities that he united under his rule. He was born under the family name of
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Danubian Principalities:
Danubian Principalities (Romanian: Principatele Dunărene) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Kuchuk
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Tristan Tzara:
Tristan Tzara (born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; April 4 or April 16, 1896 "Tristan Tzara 1896–1963", in Susan Salas, Laura Wisner-Broyles, Poetry Criticism, Vol. 27, Gale Group Inc., 2000, eNotes.com; retrieved April 23, 2008
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Domnitor:
Domnitor (pl. domnitori) was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866, and its successor state, the Kingdom of Romania, between 1866 and 1881. It was used officially only after Walla
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Gepids:
The Gepids (Gepidae, Gifðas (Beowulf, Widsith) - possibly from *Gibiðos, "givers" or gepanta, see below) were an East Germanic Gothic tribe most famous in history for defeating the Huns after the death of Attila. The state of the Gepids was commonly
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Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic:
The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is an Eastern Rite or Greek-Catholic Church ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church, which uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian languag
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Wallachian Revolution of 1848:
The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and Romantic nationalist uprising in the principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of 1848, and closely connected with the unsuccessful revolt in Moldavia, it sought to overturn the ad
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Municipalities of Romania:
County capitals of Romania A municipality (municipiu in Romanian, from Latin municipium) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania. This status is given to cities (oraşe) that are quite large and urbanized. There is no clear benchmark regar
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Iron Gate (Danube):
The Iron Gate (Porţile de Fier, Serbian: Đerdapska klisura/Ђердапска клисура , Vaskapu, Demirkapı, Eisernes Tor, Железни врата) is a gorge on the Danube River. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania. In the broad sense it encompasse
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Burebista:
Burebista, is widely considered to be the greatest king of Dacia. He ruled between 82 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercynia (today's Moravia) in the west, to the Bug River in the east, and from the northern Carpathians to Dio
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Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession:
Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA) is one of the three financial instruments of the European Union (along with Phare and SAPARD) to assist the candidate countries in the preparation for accession. It provides assistance for i
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Basarab I of Wallachia:
Basarab I was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia from perhaps as early as 1310 until 1352. He is sometimes referred to as Întemeietorul ("The Founder"), given his role in the creation of the state, together with his position as common an
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Origin of the Romanians:
The Romanians (also sometimes referred to along with other Balkan Latin peoples as Vlachs) are a people speaking Romanian, a Romance language, and living in Central and Eastern Europe. The Origin of the Romanians has been for a long time disputed and
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Battle of Vaslui:
The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul Înalt or the Battle of Racova) was fought on January 10, 1475, between Stephen III of Moldavia and the Ottoman Beylerbeyi of Rumelia, Hadân Suleiman Pasha. The battle took place at Podul Î
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Wooden Churches of Maramureş:
The Maramureş wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are Orthodox churches. They are narrow but high timber constructions with characteris
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Islam in Romania:
Islam in Romania is followed by only 0.3 percent of population, but has 700 years of tradition in Northern Dobruja, a region on the Black Sea coast which was part of the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries (ca. 1420-1878). In present-day Romania
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List of castles in Romania:
Castles are declared hystoric monuments by the Ministry of culture of Romania. Hereby is a list of castles in Romania.
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Peştera cu Oase:
Peştera cu Oase (The Cave with Bones) is a system of 12 karstic galleries and chambers located N. 45° 01’; E. 21° 50’ in south-western Romania, where the oldest modern human remains in Europe have been discovered.
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Italians of Romania:
The Italian Romanians are people of Italian descent who reside, or have moved to Romania. They are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 3,331 people according to the 2002 census. Italians are fairly dispersed throughout the country, even though t
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Lower Danube metropolitan area:
{ | twin6 = | twin6_country = | twin7 = | twin7_country = | blank_name = | blank_info = | footnotes = 1 w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 2 x is a digit indicating the operator
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Bucharest metropolitan area:
{ | twin6 = | twin6_country = | twin7 = | twin7_country = | blank_name = | blank_info = | footnotes = 1 w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 2 x is a digit indicating the operator
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Iaşi metropolitan area:
{ | twin6 = | twin6_country = | twin7 = | twin7_country = | blank_name = | blank_info = | footnotes = 1 w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 2 x is a digit indicating the operator
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