Showing posts with the label Romania

Biertan’s Matrimonial Prison

Nov 22, 2022

Tucked away in the church grounds of a quiet village in Romania, there is a small cottage known as the ‘matrimonial prison’. It was here tha...

Trajan’s Bridge

May 23, 2022

On the east of the Iron Gate Rapids near the present-day cities of Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania and Kladovo in Serbia, there once stood ...

Conrad Haas: The 16th Century Rocket Pioneer

Mar 9, 2021

In 1961, a professor at the University of Bucharest, made a surprising discovery in the archives of the city of Sibiu, in Romania. It was a ...

The Painted Monasteries of Romania

Nov 3, 2017

In northern Romania, in a region historically known as Bukovina, are a collection of eight Byzantine-era churches renowned for their beautif...

Wooden Churches of Maramures

Aug 21, 2017

In the MaramureÈ™ region of northern Romania are a group of almost one hundred Orthodox churches built between the 17th and the 19th centurie...

Palace of The Parliament: The Building of Superlatives

Apr 8, 2016

At the historical center of Romania’s capital city Bucharest, stands the colossal Palace of the Parliament, one of the most expensive and ex...

The Narrowest Streets in the World

Jul 27, 2015

At what point does a street cease to be a street? According to the Guinness Book of Records, the narrowest street in the world is located in...

The Stunning Secret of Politehnica Metro Station, Bucharest

May 15, 2015

The Politehnica metro station in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, near the Politehnica University of Bucharest, sees relatively little t...

The Dark Humor of Sapanta’s Merry Cemetery

May 14, 2015

Making jokes about dead people is considered disrespectful and traditionally frowned upon, but not in the small Romanian town of Sapanta. Th...

Geamana, The Romanian Village Flooded by a Toxic Lake

Jun 11, 2014

Copper exploitation at the mines of Rosia Poieni in the Apuseni Mountains, in Alba county, in Romania, was like a curse for residents of the...