Romanian history and culture Adina Ionescu & Rodica Ana Catuneanu
The Romanian Foundation for Quality Promotion, Romania
Romanian history and culture Adina Ionescu & Rodica Ana Catuneanu
The Romanian Foundation for Quality Promotion, Romania
Cultural objectives in Bucovina and Moldavia
the remains of the Fortress of Suceava (built in 1388) and the Neamt Fortress from Targu Neamt
Art Museum in Iasi
Ethnographic Museum in Iasi
Jewish History Museum and Great Synagogue in Iasi
Moldavian History Museum in Iasi
Bucovina History Museum in Suceava
Etnographic Museum in Suceava
The monasteries and churches with painted exterior frescos of Bucovina: Voronet, Moldovita, Sucevita, Humor, Probota, Arbore, Rasca
The old monasteries of: Putna, Dragomirna, Bogdana-Radauti, Neamt, Agapia, Varatec.
Putna Monastery it was the first monastery built by Stephen the Great who began work on this building on 10 July 1466.
The present church was practically rebuilt between 1653 and 1662. Its walls host Stephen the Great’s tomb.
Wallachia
Location: Southern part of Romania. The Olt River divides Wallachia into Muntenia in the east and Oltenia in the west.
The main cities: Bucuresti, Craiova, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Ploiesti, Targoviste
Attraction objectives:
the Palace of Parliament, The Museum of the Romanian Peasant, the Village Museum and many other attractions from Bucharest
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The Peles Castle in Sinaia
The beautiful Orthodox monasteries built in a Byzantine style: Arnota, Bistrita, Cozia, Curtea de Arges, Govora and Horezu
The Peles Castle (Sinaia) was built as a summer residence by Romania's longest serving monarch, King Carol I, who died and was buried here in 1914, just months after the castle’s completion.
The building of the Peles Castle began in 1873 under the direct order of the Viennese architect Wilhem Doderer and was continued in 1876 by his assistant, Johann Schultz de Lemberg.
The House of Parliament which was designed and almost finished by the Ceauşescu regime as the seat of political and administrative power.
Cultural objectives in Wallachia
The pottery workshop center at Horezu
The Princely Court in Targoviste (the capital of Wallachia) where Vlad the Impaler rulled. Vlad took the throne at the Princely Court in 1456.
The Constantin Brancusi architectural complex in Targu Jiu, with its famous masterpieces: Endless Column, Gate of the Kiss, Table of Silence and Avenue of Chairs
Prahova Valley and the popular ski resorts of Predeal, Busteni and Sinaia
The Unirea salt mine in Slanic Prahova, where 2.9 million tons of salt have been extracted since 1685. Visitors can also enjoy a walk around the mine and the salt-carved sculptures.
Curtea de Arges Monastery
It was built in the time of voivode Neagoe Basarab, between 1512 and 1517.
Here could be found the graves of the Romanian kings: Carol I and Elisabeth, Ferdinand and Mary and Carol II.
The Endless Column
was inaugurated in October 1938.
The sculpture was made in the memory of the young Romanian who died in the first World War and is a stylization of the funerary pillars used in Southern Romania.
Transylvania
►Etymology: Transylvania or Transilvania (from Latin – “the land beyond the forest”)
►Location: Central Romania - surrounded by the arc of the Carpathian mountain chain
►The main cities Alba Iulia, Bistrita, Brasov, Cluj Napoca. Medias, Miercurea Ciuc, Sebes, Sibiu, Sighisoara, Targu Mures.
► Cultural objectives from Transylvania
Some of Europe’s best-preserved medieval towns: Brasov, Sibiu, Sighisoara
Bran Castle (also known as Dracula’s Castle), built in 1377
Rasnov Fortress – built in the 1300s by the Teutonic Knights to protect Transylvania against the Tartars and the Turks
The Saxon fortified churches at Biertan, Calnic, Harman, Darjiu, Prejmer, Saschiz, Valea Viilor, and Viscri - all designated by UNESCO as World Heritage sites
The Black Church from Brasov
Over 500 years old, the Black church is the most historical monument from Brasov, the greatest gothic church from Transylvania with impressive dimension: 90 meters in length, between 25-37 meters wide, 65 meters from the floor level to the highest point of its Cross. The construction of church began around 1380.
In 1421 an important part of the construction was destroyed during the Turkish invasion, and that is why the church was completely built in 1477.
The Bran Castle
Initially the castle was a stronghold built by the Teutonic Knights in 1212 conquered by the Saxons living in Transylvania at the end of the 13 century.
Between 1419-1424 it was in Sigismund’s possession.
Since the reign of Iancu of Hunedoara it passed under the rule of the Voievode of Transylvania
On 1-st of December 1920 it was donated to Queen Marie of Great Romania as a symbol of inhabitants of Brasov’s gratitude for her contribution to the achievement of the Great Union in 1918.
historical sources state that Vlad the Impaler dropped to the Bran Castle only once in his way to Brasov.
Cultural objectives in Transylvania
Transylvania’s finest art museum – the Bruckenthal Palace in Sibiu (one of the most significant Baroque buildings in Romania, its construction taking place between the years 1778 and 1788. )
The Museum of Glass-Painted Icons
The 14th-century Gothic Corvinesti Castle in Hunedoara city
The Dacian Fortresses at Sarmisegetuza, the capital city of Dacia (UNESCO World Heritage List)
The Moti Land (Tara Motilor) on the Ariesi Valley - moţi is the name given to the inhabitants of this region. They live in scattered villages at altitudes up to about 4,265 feet and have preserved their century-old traditions and lifestyle
The Apuseni Mountains with Scarisoara, Chiscau Bears’ Cave and Vartop Cave as well as other 400 caves.
Banat and Crisana
Etymology: Crisana is named after the three main rivers in the region: Crisul Alb, Crisul Negru and Crisul Repede. The name Banat comes from the word Ban, the military leader of the region.
The main cities: Arad, Oradea, Timisoara
Habsburg rule until 1918 introduced Art Nouveau architecture in Banat and established Timisoara as “the garden city.”
Cultural objectives from Timisoara:
- the Banat Museum (art, natural history and ethnography)
- the Village Museum
- the Botanical Garden
Banat and Crisana
Cultural objectives from Timisoara:
- the Philharmonic and the Opera House
- the ruins of Timisoara Fortress
- Huniade Castle
- Old City Hall
Baile Herculane - within driving distance of Timisoara, is an ancient Roman spa, developed in the 19th century as a fashionable resort.
Other touristical attractions:
-The Wind Cave, the longest cave in Romania (more than 24 miles)
-The Bears’ Cave
-The Iron Gates of the Danube (Portile de Fier), the narrow Danube gorge between the Carpathian & Balkan Mountains
- The Nera Gorges (35 km from Oravita)
The Hunyad Castle
The castle has been built in the 14th to 15th century. Ever since it has undergone constant change and rebuilding. In the castle is a museum and several rooms are open to the public. More than once the castle has been used as a film set.
The Wind Cave (Romanian: Peştera Vântului), is the longest cave in Romania and with a length of almost 52km.
Maramures
Location - Northwest Romania (bordering Ukraine in the north, Satu Mare county in the west)
The main cities: Baia Mare and Sighetu Marmatiei
Cultural objectives from Maramures:
Elie Wiesel Memorial House in Sighetu Marmatiei
Maramures Entographic Museum and Maramures
The Village Museum in Sighetu Marmatiei
Museum of Arrested Thought in Sighetu Marmatiei
- Art Museum in Baia Mare
Maramures
Cultural objectives from Maramures:
The Mineralogy Museum from Baia Mare
The wooden architecture of the traditional Maramures villages
The Rodnei Mountains National Park
The Wooden Churches of Maramures
Ethnographic Museum and Village Museum in Baia Mare
History & Archaeology Museum in Baia Mare
Wooden churches and wooden gates from Maramures
New teaching methods for people with learning disabilities
Differentiate teaching in accordance to the disability’s level and type of each person
Differentiate teaching when people with and without learning disabilities are trained together
The use of the virtual learning environment including the multimedia based applications in the training process
Participation to some projects developed in the framework of Life Long Learning Programme that have the objectives to promote learning the foreign languages in the framework of some cultural events or within an e-learning environment.
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