Humor Monastery Humor Monastery is located 5 km from Gura Humorului town, in the village that bears the name of the monastery, Manastirea [...]
Maramures Mountains Maramures Mountains are part of the Northern Carpathians, bordering the Ukraine republic. They stretch for about 100 km from north-west to the south-east and they cover a massif area of about 1500 square km. The mountain area continues across the border, to the north, only half [...]
Medias City Medias is one of the seven fortified towns of Transylvania. Today is a medium size town, population about [...]
Moldovita Monastery Moldovita Monastery stands in Vatra Moldovitei village, situated in Obcinile Bucovinei Mountains, on Moldovita river [...]
Mosna Fortified Church Mosna Fortified Church stands in the center of the village. The first church was built at the beginning of the 14th century in Early-Gothic [...]
Neamt Fortress Neamt Fortress was built at the end of 14th century, during Petru Musat rule, the period of consolidation of the independent Moldavian state. It was first mentioned in a document from 1395, when the fortress successfully resisted the Hungarian army [...]
Nocrich Fortified Church Nocrich Fortified Church is situated in the central square of Nocrich village, in Sibiu County. The village still keeps today the architectural style of the 18 – 19th centuries with ample constructions of bricks, rock and bricks and baroque style [...]
Obcinele Bucovinei Obcinele Bucovinei (Bucovina’s Ridges) Mountains are situated in the north – eastern part of the eastern Carpathians, representing a distinct [...]
Peles and Pelisor Castles Peles Castle, alongside with Pelisor Castle and the entire complex is consider to be one of the most important tourist attraction in the country. [...]
Piatra Craiului Piatra Craiului is one of the most picturesque mountains in Romania, being an important area for hiking and [...]
Postavaru Massif Postavaru Massif is situated in the south-eastern part of Transylvania, near Brasov city. Surrounded by large depressions and deep valleys, Postavaru Massif looks like an imposing mountain unit, although its maximum height is not more than 1800 m. The massif is bordered in the [...]
Prejmer Fortified Church Prejmer (Taertlauer in German) is nowadays an unspoiled village, situated in south – eastern part of Barsa country, not far from Brasov [...]
Rarau Massif Rarau Massif is situated in Bucovina region, on the north eastern part of the Oriental Carpathians, between the superior course of Moldova and Bistrita [...]
Rasnov Fortress Rasnov, Rosenau in German, is nowadays a small town situated close to Brasov city, at the bottom of Postavaru Massif, not far from Bucegi and Piarta Craiului mountains, in Barsa Country. [...]
Retezat Mountains Retezat Mountains are the largest from the western group of the Southern Carpathians, with heights exceeding 2500 m. They present an extraordinary alpine landscape of lofty peaks and ridges, glacial valleys, spectacular steep slopes and huge areas of detritus, wide fields of [...]
Rodnei Mountains Rodnei Mountains are situated in the northern group of Eastern Carpathians, in Maramures region. They have one of the longest continuous ridges in Romania, with more then 50 km from west to east and present an asymmetry similar to the Fagaras Mountains, with steep slopes on the [...]
Romania Official name: ROMANIA Form of government: Republic Official language: Romanian, the mother tongue of almost 89% of the population. The national holiday: the1st of December. On the 1st of December 1918, the unitary national Romanian state was established through the union of [...]
Romanian Province Bukovina Location: The region is situated in the north – western part of Moldavia, bordering Ukraine republic to the north, Moldavia to the east and south, Transylvania to the west and Maramures region to the north – west. Landscape: Bukovina has a great landscape of rolling hills [...]
Romanian Province Maramures Location: the region of Maramures is situated in the north-western side of Romania, bordering Ukraine republic to the north, Bucovina to the east, Transylvania to the south and Crisana to the west. Landscape: The hilly depression of Maramures is surrounded by the north-western [...]
Romanian Province Moldavia Location: It stretches in the north-eastern part of the country, its borders being the Danube to the south, Prut river to the east, where now is the Republic of Moldavia, nowadays an independent country, the Eastern Carpathians to the west, towards Transylvania and Maramures [...]
Romanian Province Transylvania Location: Transylvania is the name of the province situated in the central part of Romania, a high plateau surrounded by the eastern, southern and western Carpathians. Taking in consideration the complex historical and political evolution of the region, Transylvania could also [...]
Romanian Province Walachia Location: Walachia is the name of the region situated in the southern part of Romania, between the Danube (to the south), the Black Sea (to the east) and the Southern Carpathians (to the north and west), the natural border with Transylvania. It also includes Dobrogea, an area [...]
Rozavlea Church Rozavlea village is situated in the center of historic Maramures region, nestled on the bank of Iza [...]
Sapanta Merry Cemetery The Merry Cemetery is a unique cemetery, located in Sapanta village, in Maramures County. It is famous for its wooden crosses, painted in blue, decorated with naïve paintings depicting a scene from the person’s life or the moment of the person’s death and also an epitaph [...]
Saschiz Fortified Church The Fortified Church of Saschiz is situated in Saschiz village, near Sighisoara fortified town, in Mures [...]
Sibiu City Sibiu, Hermannstadt in German, is one of the seven fortified towns of Transylvania. It’s considered to be one of the best preserved medieval towns in Romania, one of the reasons why it was chosen to be the European Capital of Culture in 2007. [...]
Sighisoara Sighisoara, Schassburg in German, is one of the seven Transylvanian fortified towns, considered to be the best preserved one. Now its population is about 40,000 with a percentage of Germans and [...]
Suceava Fortress Suceava is the capital city of Suceava County, Moldavia region, being situated in north-eastern part of Romania. The city was the capital of Moldavian Principality from 1388 to [...]
Sucevita Monastery The monastery was built at the western entrance to Obcinile Bucovinei mountain area, about 45 km North West from the capital, Suceava. Sucevita is chronologically the last and greatest monastic ensemble among the painted monasteries in [...]
Suhard Mountains Suhard Mountains are situated in the central part of the eastern Carpathians with a general orientation north west – south east and 35 km in length. [...]