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27 août 2013

Tabara de sculptura - Magura, Buzau

Tabara de sculptura - Magura, Buzau
At approximately 30km from the city of Buzau, sculptures cut in stone from the limestone quarries of Naeni and Ciuta adorn scattered clearings in the hills of Magura. They are a tribute to local ancient stonecutting traditions and were created for the...
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26 août 2013

There once was a church... Biserica Sf. Apostoli Petru si Pavel – Cazaclii, Odobesti

There once was a church... Biserica Sf. Apostoli Petru si Pavel – Cazaclii, Odobesti
In Odobesti, jud. Vrancea, southern Moldova stands a church. Or the remains of a church. More the shell of a church. If there is anything left to see of it at all, it is no thanks to contemporary efforts made, but to a spankingly solid structure built...
26 août 2013

Child hero Mariuca Zaharia and the Mausoleum of Marasesti

Child hero Mariuca Zaharia and the Mausoleum of Marasesti
Last week on a trip to Vrancea, I visited the impressive mausoleum of Marasesti built in 1919. An imposing site and final resting place to a prestigious list of Romanian military names amongst them Henrik Cihoski and Eremiah Grigorescu, the mausoleum...
26 août 2013

Maria of Chez Marie

Maria of Chez Marie
(Photo by Sarah In Romania) It's not often I write blogposts recommending restaurants, but this is an exception to the rule. Just before leaving Bucharest for yet another great jaunt, I was invited to lunch by a friend on str General Berthelot here in...
9 août 2013

Histria - Romania's own Pompeii

Histria - Romania's own Pompeii
On the top of a hill overlooking the Sinoe Lake near the mouths of the Danube on the western coast of the Black Sea, the ancient city of Histria - Istria in Greek - stands proud and nostalgic but distressfully neglected. If you know your history and/or...
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