"...The Great Union of 1918 was and remains the most sublime event in Romanian history. Its greatness resides in the fact that the fulfilment of the national unity is not the work of any politician, government or party; it is the historic deed of the whole Romanian nation, accomplished out of a powerful longing coming from the vivid awareness of the unity of the people and channelled by the political leaders for it to be led towards its aim with a remarkable political intelligence. [...]

1. UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF
BUCHAREST
THE GREAT UNION OF THE ROMANIANS
THE 1st OF DECEMBER 1918
The main moments
Authors: MARIN Andreea-Gabriela
MARIN Stefan
Groupe 8216
BUCHAREST 2018

2. OFICIAL LOGO OF THE CENTENAR - NAMED „ HORA”
The logo was built from two circles reunified by the infinite symbol. Circles
are composed of individual points that grow and grow. The infinite hora
obtained is a living symbol, suggesting continuity together, strength and
growth.

3. "...The Great Union of 1918 was and remains the most sublime
event in Romanian history. Its greatness resides in the fact
that the fulfilment of the national unity is not the work of any
politician, government or party; it is the historic deed of the
whole Romanian nation, accomplished out of a powerful
longing coming from the vivid awareness of the unity of the
people and channelled by the political leaders for it to be led
towards its aim with a remarkable political intelligence. [...]
Florin Constantiniu - "A Sincere History of the Romanian People", "Univers Enciclopedic"
Publishing House, 1997, p. 301-302.

4. Romanian troops marching in Transylvania

5. First page of Transilvania newspaper from December 1918,
referring to the event
The Resolution voted by
the National Assembly
stipulated also the
"fundamental principles
for the foundation of the
new Romanian State":
1.Full national freedom
for all the co-inhabiting
peoples. Each people will
study, manage and judge
in its own language by
individual of its own stock
and each people will get
the right to be
represented in the law
bodies and to govern the
country in accordance
with the number of its
people.
And so on......

6. DECLARATION
... the
Romanians in
Transylvania,
Banat, Crisana,
and
Maramures
convened in
Alba Iulia and
declared by
unanimous
vote, “the
unification of
those
Romanians ...

7. The organization of Transylvania in the Kingdom of
Romania
Romanian
postcard issued
cca. 1918-1919.
Note the weird
shape of western
borders of
Romania's map.
The country is
supposed to
include all
Maramureş, a
bigger part of
Crişana, with the
possibility of
having all Banat
(the white area).
The definitive
borders were
established only
in 1920.

8. BUILDIND OF UNION HALL - ALBA IULIA
The Union Hall is one
of the most important
buildings in Romania. It
is the place where the
union of Transylvania
with Romania was
concluded in 1918. It is
no exaggeration to say
that this is a place of
remarkable symbolic
value, pilgrimage and
introspection.

9. UNION HALL
The central
space of the hall
is dedicated to
the 1918
moment where
tourists can see
insignia that
belonged to
delegates that
attended the
union: flags,
medals,
credentials, and
documents which
were used to
access to the
Union Hall.

10. ROMANIA AFTER WORLD WAR I
1923 - King
Fedinand I of
Romania signs a
new
Constitution,
which
centralizes the
administration
and does away
with the
autonomy of
Transylvania.

11. King Ferdinand and Queen Marie in Transylvania

12. Romanian Coat-of-Arms (1921)