The document provides an overview of Romania, including its official name, location, population, ethnic groups, and religions, along with details about its geography, climate, and political structure. It highlights historical milestones and significant figures from Romania, as well as cultural traditions. The document aims to encourage readers to explore Romania further.

2. We’ll talk about
 short facts
 physical features ;)
 a bit of history
 famous Romanian people & things
 traditions

4. Fast info
 Official name - România
 Location - (SE) Central Europe
 Time zone - GMT + 2
 Area - 237 502 km2 (Denmark X6)
 Population – over 22 mil
 Ethnic groups - Romanians 89%, Hungarian 7.5%,
Gipsy 1.9%, Other 1.6%
 Religions - Christian Orthodox 87%, Roman Catholic
5%, Protestant 5%, Jewish, Other

5. Fast info
 Currency: Romanian Leu (RON) - 1RON = aprox 2DKK
 Climate - temperate, 4 distinct (!) seasons,
temperatures from
 Capital - Bucharest (Bucureşti)
 Form of State - Parliamentary Republic with two
legislative bodies: Senate (Senat) and Chamber of
Representatives (Camera Deputatilor)
 Main political parties - Social Democratic Party,
Democratic Party, National Liberal Party etc
 NATO and EU member

6. Physical features 
 great location - latitudes 43°37’07‖ to 48°15’06‖
 perfect proportions:
 1/3 mountains
 1/3 hills
 1/3 plains
 highest peak - Moldoveanu 2544m
 one of the richest faunas in Europe (bears, deer,
lynx and wolves)
 trademarks ->

8. The Danube Delta

9. The Carpathian Mountains

10. The Carpathian Mountains

11. The Black Sea

12. Climate
 4 seasons
 very hot summer
 cold winter with plenty of snow in the mountains
 record high temp: 44.5 C
 record low temp: -38.5 C
 significant differences between regions

13. History
 oldest remains of homo sapiens in Europe - 42.000 years old – ―The Cave
with Bones‖ in Romania (believed to be the first homo sapiens to have
entered the continent)
 4000 BC – first pottery
 2000 BC - "the fairest and most courageous of
men‖(Herodotus) - the Dacian people
 100 AD – peak of Dacian civilization
 => 101 – 106 AD the Romans conquered us 
 11 century – Romanians only Latin people in E Europe

14. History
 by 13 century – first division of Romanian people:
Wallachia, Transilvania and Moldavia – fallen under
different influences
 first reunited from 1593 to1601 by Michael the Great
 On January 24, 1859 - the historic act of political unity
between Moldavia and Wallachia under one single rule,
that of Alexandru Ioan Cuza
 1st of December, 1918 - Alba Iulia the "unification of all
Romanians from Transylvania, the Banat, Crisana and
Maramures with Romania for all ages to come― was
proclaimed => thus, national day

16. Recent History
 1945 — The Yalta Agreement makes Romania
part of the Soviet system – post WWII arragements
 grandiose communist development projects -people
were submitted to a rigorous austerity programme
in the 1980s
 Dec 1989 – communist regimes falling in Europe ->
Romanians overthrow Ceausescu’s 25 yrs dictatorial
regime
 proud democracy ever since 

17. The Palace of the Parliament
second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon

19. Cool Romanian people
 … you might know

20. Constantin
Brancuşi
• internationally renowned sculptor
who led the way for modernist
sculptors

21. Angela
Gheorghiu
• one of the world's greatest
opera sopranos
• next performance
Metropolitan Opera House New
York ;)

22. Alexandra
Nichita
• prodigy Romanian painter
whose distinct style is said to
resemble that of Picasso

23. Nadia
Comaneci
• one of the best known
gymnasts of the world, winner
of five Olympic gold medals
• the first gymnast to be
awarded a perfect score of 10
in an Olympic gymnastic event

24. Henri
Coanda
• inventor and
aerodynamics pioneer,
the builder of world's first
jet powered aircraft, the
Coanda-1910.
• he discovered and gave
his name to the Coanda
effect

25. Romanian brands

26. Traditions
 Easter
 Martisor
 pottery
 embroidery
 national costumes

27. Easter

28. Mărţişor

29. Pottery

30. Embroidery

31. National costumes

32. Costumes

33. Iaşi - My home town
 aprox 400.000
 second biggest city in Romania
 economic, cultural and academic centre of the
Romanian region of Moldavia

34. Iaşi

35. I’ve told you about…
 short facts
 physical features ;)
 a bit of history
 famous Romanian people & things
 traditions

36. Come visit!