Romania
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ROMANIA
Romania is a country located in southeastern Central Europe, on the LowerDanube, north of the Balkan Peninsulaand the north western Black Sea coast. Romania's surface is 237.500Km2 The population is 22,760,449inhabitants Romania has a varied landscape:mountains over 2500m, hills, plains,meadows and Danube Delta. It has cold winters and hot summers.
Romania is the perfect land of contrasts and paradoxes: the country of Constantin Brancusi, Eugen Ionesco, Emil Cioran, Mircea Eliade and Nadia Comaneci, but also of Dracula and Nicolae Ceausescu.
The Old World of Romania is a vast museum of ancien heritage and still alive even if only through its famous painted churches and monasteries , its folk. art , or its feudal castles in the Carpathian Mountains. The New World may be embodied by the Parliament Palace and the subway network in Bucharest , or by the Wastern styles of life adopted by Romania” s townsfolk.
Romanian people are of Latin origin like Italians, French, being the only Roman people from the East-Europe.Today the Romanian society is considered to have appropriated most of the democratic values .The political parties alternate to govern country a formed civil society.The norms of the Law State are respected.
Is the second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon
Bran castle
Majestic human creation in the heart of Carpathians
Peles castle
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the
Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in on an existing medieval route linking
Transilvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914.
Its inauguration was held in 1883. The castle itself is very impressive through the riches it has accumulated: old and new canvases, old furniture, weapons, all sort of curios,
everything placed with good taste.
Balea lake
Balea Lake is a glacial lake
(formed in cirque)
located at an altitude of 2040 m, in
Fagaras mountains.
Bran-Moeciu
We are in a beautiful
area on the trail of
Count Dracula.
Bucovina
One area where
tradition is respected
and hospitality is the height
Bears cave (Pestera Ursilor)
Bear Cave is also significant because 140 cave bear skeletons were
discovered on the site in 1983.
Romanian MountainsThe Carpathians
Bucegi mountains
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Eastern Carpathians , the Southern Carpathians , the Western Carpathians
Danube DeltaDanube Delta – UNESCO heritage It ‘s the youngest land in Europe , it grows larger by 40 m of land every year. The largest wetland in Europe with over 1200 species of trees and the richest ornithological fauna on the continent.
Poiana BrasovWith its central
location, Brașov is a suitable location
from which to explore Romania,
and the distances to several tourist destinations
(including the Black Sea resorts, the monasteries in
northern Moldavia, and the wooden
churches of Maramures) are
similar.
BrasovIt is also the
largest city in a mountain
resorts area. The old city is
very well preserved and is best
seen by taking the
cable-car to the top of
Tâmpa Mountain.
Bucharest
Arch of Triumph the Athenaeum
Traditional dancers & peasants @work
HOREZUHorezu, a small mountain town, is situated in the south-western part of the country
and is famous-nationally and internationally for a wonderful
tradition, that has been preserved and passed over from generation: pottery.
The landscapes are amazing and the people’s friendly. These are the reasons why
tourism is the main preoccupation of the officials and the local people. It hasn’t got many people about 7000 inhabitants. Around the town
there are some small but beautiful villages.
High School Constantin Brancoveanu Horezu
Our school Gr. S. “Constantin Brancoveanu” Horezu is well-equipped and one of the biggest schools in the region, as over 2000 students are educated here by 100 teachers and
engineers every year.
The school provides education for both primary students-who start school at the age of 6 or 7 – and secondary students-
who finish it in their eighteens or nineteens. Our students study English and French as foreign languages and some of them have already been integrated in a
few projects in the past few years.
That is why our school is really interested in getting involved in other European projects, as this is a great
opportunity for both our students and our teachers to broaden their cultural horizon by learning more about other
cultures and other traditions; to understand the need for better
education and equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their social or
cultural background.
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