Romania - Final Presentation

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Romania


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Romania in Europe

Area: 238,391 km2

*9th largest territory in EU

Population: 22,215,421

*7th largest population in EU


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Population July 2009 estimate: 22,215,421

Ethnies* Romanians 89.5%

Hungarians 6.6%

Gypsies 2.4%Other minoriy groups 1.4%

Religion* Orthodox Church (86.7%)

Protestantism (5.2%)

Roman Catholicism (4.7%)

(*2002 Census)


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History

From 106 to 271 the actual territory of

Romania was part of the Roman Empireit wascalled Dacia

In the Middle Ages, Romanians (Vlachs) lived inthree principalities:Wallachia, Moldaviaand

Transylvania.


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1600the First Unionof the romanian-

speaking principalities of that time.


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Formation

Transylvania 1003

Wallachia 1290

Moldavia 1346

First Unification 1600

Reunification of Wallachia and Moldavia 1859

Officially recognised independence from the Ottoman Empire

July 13, 1878

Unification with Transylvania December 1, 1918

(actual national day of Romania)


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Communism

The period between 1947-1989 is known as Romaniasdark age

Nicolae Ceausescubecame head of the Communist

Party in 1965 and head of state in 1967

His domestic rule, was marked by frequently disastrous

economic schemes and became increasingly repressive and

corrupt

In December, 1989, a popular uprising, joined by the

army, led to the arrest and execution of him and his wife,

Elena


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Romanian is a romance languagelike

Italian, Spanish, French and it's the only

romance language in Eastern Europe.


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Carpathian Mountains


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Caves of Romania

Romania has over 12,000caves within its borders.

This is the highest concentration of caves

known to exist in such a small region in the world.

Emil Racovita established in Cluj the first

Speology instituteof the whole world


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THE WIND CAVE

the most extensive limestone labyrinth in South -

East Europe

the largest cave in Romania with the length of

more than 50 km


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THE WIND CAVE


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THE WIND CAVE


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THE WIND CAVE


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THE BEARS CAVE

Known for its impressive amount of Cave Bear

fossils

And an extraordinary range of stalagmite and

stalactite formations


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THE BEARS CAVE


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SCARISOARA CAVE

it holds theworlds second largest glacier


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SCARISOARA CAVE


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The Danube Deltais the best preserved delta

in Europe, home to many species of birds,

plants, animals (UNESCO world heritage)


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perhaps the least inhabited regionof

temperate Europe, with an average density of

approx. 2 inhabitants per km


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Water lilies on the Danube Delta


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Pelicans in the Danube Delta


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Vlad the ImpalerDracula (Prince of Wallachia)

Historically, Vlad

is best known forhis resistance

against the

Ottoman Empire


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Vlad III is perhaps most commonly known for

inspiring the association of the name of the

vampire in Bram Stoker's1897 novel, Dracula.

The name

"Impaleroriginated in his

habit to kill

opponents byimpalement.


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Bran Castle

Commonly known as "Dracula's Castle"


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Bran Castle


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Bran Castle


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It is believed to be the place where Vlad

the Impaler was held prisoner for 7 years

Hunedoara Castle


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Hunedoara Castle


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Hunedoara Castle


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Peles Castle

A neo-renaissance castle placed in an

idyllic setting in the Carpathian Mountains


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Peles Castle


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Peles Castle


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Painted Monasteries

Voronet


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Sucevita


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Moldovita


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Wooden Churches of Maramures


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Merry Cemetery, Sapanta - Maramures

Famous for its colourful

tombstones with naive

paintings describing, inan original and poetic

manner, the persons that

are buried there as well

as scenes from their lives


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Merry Cemetery

It diverges from the prevalent belief that

death as something solemn

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The second biggest building in the world,

after the Pentagon.

Palace of the Parliament

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According to the Guinness Book of World

Records, the Palace is the world's

largest civilian administrative building,

most expensive administrative building,

and heaviest building

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Sibiu

Sibiu was European Capital of Culture

for the year 2007


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Sighisoara


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Brasov


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Nadia Comneci

The first gymnast to be awarded a perfect

score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic


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Constantin Brancusi

an internationally

renowned sculptorwhose works, which

blend simplicityand

sophistication, led theway for numerous

modernist sculptors


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The Endless Column

Constantin Brancusi

I have grinded the matter

to find the continuous

line. And when I realizedI could not find it, I

stopped, as if an unseen

someonehad seen meand slapped my hands

C. Brancusi

M d LR


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Madame LR

by Constantin Brancusi

sold for

$37.1 million

in February 2009

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Table of Silence


Bi d i S Th P


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Bird in Space


The Prayer


The Kiss Sleeping Muse


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The Kiss


Sleeping Muse



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Economy

Romania is now an upper-middle income

country with high human development,although within the European Union,

Romania's income level remains one of

the lowest.


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Nursing in Romania:

Education. Two kinds of nursing schools1. From 1993 to 1997, the only school of Nursing

available was a three-year course called Post-

highschool sanitary school. It is more hospital-based

2. 2. In 1997 was introduced a three-year course

College of Nursing providing a Diploma inNursing and a four-year courseFaculty of

Nursing providing a Bachelor Degree in

Nursing


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Nursing in Romania:

Issues:

Perhaps more than 80% of the teachers in the

nursing schools are doctors and dont have any

training in nursing

Nursing is still seen as a low profession. The

image and status of nursing has a lot improve

No reliable post-graduation education program

Patients are used to offer small attentions to

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