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Michaela Foişoreanu
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6. Every year for ten days between the end of April and beginning of May, a remote
corner in Romania witnesses an amazing show - the blooming en masse of the
wild Peonia Tenuifolia. A rare and particularly beautiful type of botanical
Peony - also called Steppe Peony, grows wild in an area of 3 hectares. A whole
meadow explodes with the blood red simple blooms of this peony. The steppe
peony (Paeonia tenuifolia), has a height of 10-30 cm, with bright red flowers
7. The steppe peony (Paeonia tenuifolia) Zau de Câmpie is a commune in
the Mureş County. Here, on Bota
Hil, in the Northwest of the village,
is the only place within the
Carpathian arch where the steppe
peony plant grows and is the
northernmost point in Romania
where this species is found.
The first data about this steppe
peonies were published in 1846 in
Vienna
The Steppe Peony Reservation from
Zau de Câmpie was founded in
1932 by the academician
Alexandru Borza, the founder of
the Romanian school of botany.
The natural reserve area had 2.5
hectares. The area was saved by
Marcu Sâncrãian, the "father of
the peonies", a passionate villager
who protected voluntary the
peonies from 1923 (!) to 2006, the
year he died. He also fought to
include the reservation in
Romanian Academy's
patrimonium and managed to
increase the surface of the
reservation at 3.5 hectares.
In the blossoming season (May),
that last exactly ten days, the
beautiful meadow attracts many
lovers of nature;
8. Sibiu
City with a population
of 137,026, located
some 282 km north-
west of Bucharest.
11. Nowadays the capital
of Sibiu County,
between 1692 and
1791 and 1849-1865
Sibiu was the capital
of the Principality of
Transylvania.
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13. The Holy Trinity
Cathedral (Catedrala
Sfânta Treime), is the
seat of the Romanian
Orthodox Archbishop of
Sibiu and Metropolitan
of Transylvania. It was
built in the style of a
Byzantine basilica,
inspired by Hagia
Sophia, with the main
spires influenced by
Transylvanian church
architecture and
Baroque elements
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16. His Grace Bishop
Irineu
Children come forward
to venerate the cross
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18. The Large Square is the historic center of Sibiu,
first time mentioned in 1411 as corn market.
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20. . In tandem with the
city of Luxembourg,
Sibiu was
designated as
European Capital of
Culture for the year
2007.
22. Podul Minciunilor - the Small Square of Sibiu and Liar's Bridge, an iron bridge (1859)
23. the Small
Square of
Sibiu and The
Art House -
Emil Sigerus
Museum of
Sibiu
The Small Square of Sibiu and the Evangelical Church. This landmark monument of Sibiu was built during the
14th and 15th Centuries in a gothic style and has two pipe organs (organ concerts here almost every week).
24. Considered to be a
forged iron gem, The
Bridge of Lies is one of
the most important
symbols of the city.
Rebuilt in 1859 by
Friedrich Hütte in the
former location of a
wooden bridge, The
Bridge of Lies is the first
forged iron bridge in
Romania (Second cast
iron bridge to be built
in Europe)
25. The Art House
- Emil Sigerus
Museum of
Sibiu is
known as
'Butchers'
Hall and is
one of the
oldest „guild
houses”
Documentary
certified in
1370, the
historical
monument
located in the
Small Square
of Sibiu, is
one of the
most
interesting
building that
embodies the
type of a
medieval
trading hall
The Art House - Emil Sigerus Museum of Sibiu
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27. Catholic Church (Biserica
Catolicã)
The Jesuit monks built the
church between 1726 and 1733
in Baroque style
29. Brukenthal National
Museum
Opened to the public in
1817, the Brukenthal
National Museum was
originally Baron
Samuel von
Brukenthal's official
residence.
Built between 1778 and
1788, the palace, then
comprising an art
gallery and a library,
was home to the entire
collection. During his
lifetime, the Baron
transformed the palace
into a veritable
museum, one of the first
museums in Romania.
30. Bringing together
world - famous
masterpieces of Flemish
painting – including
the famous betrothal
portrait by van Eyck,
The Man in the Blue
Hat – the Brukenthal Antonello da Messina Hans Memling
Collection is one of the
most illustrious in
Eastern Europe. In
2009-2010 for the first
time in its history, the
Brukenthal National
Museum offered on loan
an incomparable group
of some fifty works of Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger Lorenzo Lotto
art. On the occasion of
this exhibition in Paris,
at Jacquemart-André
Museum, this group of
about fifty major works
was presented in France
for the first time. Jacob Jordaens
Man in a Blue Turban -
Pieter Bruegel I, The Elder Jan van Eyck ( c. 1395 – 1441)
41. The Lutheran
evangelical church
from Cristian Sibiu has
been built on the ruins
of an old roman
basilica having as
patron St. Servatius.
There still exist some
elements of the
original church that
dates back to the
XIIIth century
42. The Cãluşari were the members of a
Romanian fraternal secret society who
practiced a ritual acrobatic dance
known as the cãluş. According to the
Romanian historian Mircea Eliade,
the Cãluşari were known for "their
ability to create the impression of
flying in the air” which he believed
represented both the galloping of a
horse and the dancing of the fairies
(zâne).
43. The cãluş is a male
group dance, although
there are records of
traditions from Oltenia
region that included 1-
2 young girls, now
obsolete.
Cãluşari
Cristian, Sibiu
Cãluşari dance in the
Saxon fortified church
of Cristian, Sibiu
county, during the
state visit of King of the
Belgians Albert II and
his wife Queen Paola
44. Text and pictures: Internet
Copyright: All the images belong to their authors
Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda
Sound: Gheorghe Zamfir – Doina de la Domasnea
Editor's Notes
UNESCO has included up until now, 7 sites in Romania on the list of World Heritage Sites: NO1. The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina (8 monasteries) Arbore Church Sucevita 3. Humor Monastery 4.Moldovita Monastery 5.Patrauti Church 6.Probota Monastery 7.Saint George’s Church / Saint John the New Monastery 8.Voronet Monastery
