PPT_ROMANIA 3.pptx

1. Romania
A story about history, culture,
people and places…

2. • AGENDA
• History
• Places
• Religion
• People

3. Ancient culture – Dacian State
Sarmizegetusa Regia was the most important Dacian military, religious and political centre.
The civilians lived around the fortress, down the mountain on man-made terraces. Dacian nobility
had flowing water, brought through ceramic pipes, in their residences. The archaeological
inventory found at the site shows that Dacian society had a high standard of living. Sarmizegetusa
also had a sacred precinct - the famous Circular Calendar Sanctuary.
The Dacian capital reached its acme under King Decebal who fought two wars against the Emperor
Trajan of the Roman Empire in 101-102, the first successfully repelling the Roman invaders, and
again in 105-106, the second culminating in the Battle of Sarmisegetusa, and the defeat of the
Dacians.

4. History
•The ancient inhabitants of
Romanian territory were the
Dacians, who have been
defeated and conquered by
Romans in 106.
•Event though in 271 they
left, the Romanization process
continued. In terms of
language, when the Slaves
came in the 6th century, the
grammatical structure was
already well defined and it
had a predominantly Latin
lexicon.

5. Language
• Romans’ cultural
assimilation
• Vulgar Latin
• Romanization process
• Well – defined
grammatical structure
with a predominantly
Latin lexicon
• Other influences

6. PLACES
Caves
Castels
Monasteries
Bucharest
The Danube
The Carpathians
The Black Sea
• Geographical reference
• Romania is the largest country in
southeastern Europe and the
twelfth-largest in Europe.
• The Carpathian Mountains
dominate the centre of Romania,
reaching the highest point at
Moldoveanu Peak (2544m).
• A large part of Romania's border
with Serbia and Bulgaria is formed
by the Danube.
• Romania has one of the largest
areas of undisturbed forest in
Europe. The integrity of Romanian
forest ecosystems is indicated by
the presence of the full range of
European forest fauna, including
60% and 40% of all European
brown bears and wolves,
respectively.
• Capital: Bucharest

7. Bears Cave dwells an extraordinary range
of stalagmite and stalactite formations
varying in size and forms, as well as an
impressive amount of Cave Bear fossils -
Ursus spelaeus - a species which
disappeared more than 15,000 years ago.
The cave entrance - which is situated at
482 m altitude - is by the tourist pavilion.
Bears Cave is 1 km in length. It is disposed
on two-overlapped levels.

8. Cave Scărișoara shelters the larger underground glacier in Romania. The limestone is
formed in the upper Jurasic age. The cave is a single room with a total development of 700 m.
In the middle of this room is a huge block of ice with a volume of 80000 cubic meters that have lasted over
4,000 years.Stalactites, stalagmites, columns,parietal curtains - They abound within the cave to the depth of
105 m.

10. Castles

11. • Peleș Castle
• Peles Castle in Sinaia, the summer residence of the kings of Romania, was built at
the wish of King Charles I, first king of Romania (1866-1914).
• Peles Castle is located in Sinaia, Prahova Valley.
• The castle has 160 rooms and several entrances and staircase. Central tower
measuring not less than 66 feet tall.
• In addition Peles itself in the area have been erected two smaller facilities, Pelisor
and Watchtower.

13. Bran Castle
• Initially, the Bran
Castle was a fortress
of "temporary"
military purpose,
then, the city has
been transformed
into a castle in 1920
when it was owned
by Queen Mary.
• Bran Castle is built on
a rock in a key
strategic point of
view. He currently
hosts Bran Museum,
the museum covers
four floors of the
castle.
• It is known as the
residence of Dracula.

14. • Vlad Țepeș was the Prince of
Wallachia. During his reign, it has
temporarily won independence
from the Ottoman Empire and
the state developed. He is known
as Prince Impealer, due to his
manner to execute enemies.
Book by Bram Stoker, Dracula is not
directly based on the rule of Vlad Țepeș,
but a fiction that takes place in
Transylvania and nineteenth century
England. Following the success of the
novel Transylvania is associated with the
fitional character Dracula.

16. Neamț Citadel
Neamţ Citadel is a medieval fortress located in
north-eastern part of Romania. It was built in
14th century The citadel played a key role in
Moldavia's defense system, along with
Suceava, Hotin, Chilia. Modern romanian cities
have developed near this kind of citadels.

17. Carpathians extend the territory of seven
countries: Austria, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine,
Romania and Serbia.
Carpathian mountains appear to be some
medium or short, only a few areas
exceeding 2000 m in altitude. They have
gentle hills covered with pastures.
The highest peak on Romanian territory is
Moldoveanu with 2544 meters height.
Carpathians are the largest volcanic chain
in Europe.
Carpathian Mountains

19. The Berca Mud Volcanoes are a geological and
botanical reservation. Its most spectacular
feature is the mud volcanoes, small volcano-
shaped structures typically a few meters high
caused by the eruption of mud and natural
gases. The reservation is unique in Romania.

20. • Religion
• Romanian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous churches of
Orthodox Christianity.
• The majority of Romanians belong to the Romanian Orthodox Church,
but the church has believers of other nationalities.
• Only in Romania, the number of Orthodox believers is 86.8% of the
population. Romanian Orthodox Church was founded in 1872.
• The country has more than 631 monasteries and 14,500 churches.

21. Stephen the Great
He built 44 monasteries and churches,
according to tradition, a church after
each battle gained.
He reigned 47 years.
During his reign, Moldova experienced
an unprecedented prosperity.
Fighting on an equal footing with more
powerful neighbors, Stephen the Great
was able to impose duties of Moldova
as a state with almost equal.
He won 45 victories against the
Ottoman Empire.

22. Hoard of the Bukovina is framed in UNESCO's
catalog - "Great monuments of the world."
In most cases, churches were founded as a place of
noble families for burial.
Using colors such as blue Voroneţ, Humor Red or
green of Arbore, painters (mostly unknown) have
described the biblical stories of earth and heaven,
scenes from the life of the Holy Virgin and Jesus
Christ, the story's beginnings and life after death.
At first, the scenes were painted on the interior
walls, and then extended to the exterior. The
reasons for such vast scenes were both religious and
didactic.

25. House of the People is the second largest
building in the world. It is the
headquarters of Parliament. It is located in
Bucharest, the Romanian capital.
Bucharest
It is the largest city in Romania, located
in the southeast of the country.
Bucharest was first mentioned in
documents as early as 1459. Bucharest
is the 6th largest city in the Europeean
Union by population within city limits (3
million). Because of the French
influence, Bucharest was once called
"the Paris of the East" or "Little Paris."

26. The Black Sea
The Romanian Black Sea Riviera stretches
along 275 km of coastline. The most important
resort is Mamaia. More than 1 million tourists
come here every year. Other important resorts
have names from the Roman and Greek
mythology: Neptun, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter,
Olimp. Costineşti is the traditional students'
resort, while Vama Veche is well known for its
particular atmosphere.

28. The Danube
• The Danube is the second longest
among the rivers of Europe (after
Volga), the only European river
that flows from west to east. It
rises in the Black Forest
(Germany) and flows south-east
over a distance of about 2860 km,
to the Black Sea.
• At the mouth of the river Danube
Delta Black Sea was formed. The
course takes place over a
distance less than 1,075 km in
Romania, representing 29.9% of
the total. Romania has the largest
portion of the Danube.

29. The Danube Delta
Delta entered into the UNESCO World Heritage in 1991, is classified as a national
biosphere reserve in Romania and the national park. Contains more than 320 species
of birds as well as 45 freshwater fish species in its numerous lakes and backwaters.
This is where millions of birds from different corners of the Earth (Europe, Asia,
Africa, Mediterranean) come to roost. It is also known for its various species of trees
and other plants.

31. Personalities
• Constantin Brâncuși
• Nicolae Grigorescu
– Mihai Eminescu -Ion Luca Caragiale
- Nicolae Iorga
– George Enescu - Grigorie Moisil
– Maia Mogenstein - Ion Creanga - Titu Maiorescu
• Nadia Comăneci - George Emil Palade
• Gheorghe Zamfir
– Angela Gheorghiu - Traian Vuia
• Tudor Gheorghe -Ana Aslan
• Henri Coandă -Ciprian Porumbescu
• Mirca Eliade -Vasile Alecsandri
• Gheorghe Hagi
• Ilie Nastase -Eugen Ionescu
• Herta Müller
• Dumitru Prunariu -Gabriela Szabo

33. Music

35. Sports

36. Realised by:
Simionescu Ioana-Codrina
Micu Ioana