Acasa 11 Greetings from Romania3

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Greetings
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from
Romania
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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
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The steppe peony (Paeonia tenuifolia)
Zau de Câmpie is a commune in the Mures 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
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Sibiu City with a population of 137,026, located
some 282 km north-west of Bucharest.
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Sibiu
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Catholic Church (Biserica Catolicã)
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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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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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His Grace Bishop Irineu Children come forward to
venerate the cross
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The Large Square is the historic center of Sibiu,
first time mentioned in 1411 as corn market.
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. In tandem with the city of Luxembourg, Sibiu
was designated as European Capital of Culture for
the year 2007.
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Sibiu Anno Domini 1650
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Podul Minciunilor - the Small Square of Sibiu and
Liar's Bridge, an iron bridge (1859)
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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).
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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)
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The Art House - Emil Sigerus Museum of Sibiu is
known as 'Butchers' Hall and is one of the oldest
guild housesDocumentary 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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Catholic Church (Biserica Catolicã) The Jesuit
monks built the church between 1726 and 1733 in
Baroque style
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Bulevardul Vasile Milea
Directia Finantelor Publice
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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.
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Bringing together world - famous masterpieces of
Flemish painting including the famous betrothal
portrait by van Eyck, The Man in the Blue Hat
the  Brukenthal 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 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.
Hans Memling
Antonello da Messina
Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger
Lorenzo Lotto
Jacob Jordaens
Man in a Blue Turban - Jan van Eyck ( c. 1395
1441)
Pieter Bruegel I, The Elder
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Sibiu Samuel von Brukenthal High School
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Office tower and subsidiary of BCR (Banca
Comercialã Românã)
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The station is located near Sibiu city center.
The international trains runs to Budapest
(Hungary)
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Almost all the roofs have ventilation openings in
the funny and unusual shape of eyes.
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Sibiel Painted Icons Museum
Anca Marginean soloist of Sibiu
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Poiana Sibiului is a commune in Sibiu County. The
name means "the glade of Sibiu".
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Poiana Sibiului
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Poiana Sibiului Biserica de lemn (Biserica din
Deal)
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Poiana Sibiului Biserica de lemn (Biserica din
Deal)
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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
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The Calusari were the members of a Romanian
fraternal secret society who practiced a ritual
acrobatic dance known as the cãlus. According to
the Romanian historian Mircea Eliade, the
Calusari 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).
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The calus is a male group dance, although there
are records of traditions from Oltenia region
that included 1-2 young girls, now obsolete. The
Calu? ritual was included in the main list of
UNESCO's non-material, world cultural heritage,
in 2005
Calusari Cristian, Sibiu Calusari 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
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