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About
Romania in Short
The Romanian
territory is a classical geographical example of unity in diversity.
The Carpathians, the Danube and the Black Sea are the three elements
whose mixture leads to the unity and originality of the Romanian
territory called the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic space. If the
Carpathians have always been the backbone of the Romanian land and the
Danube has connected the Romanians to the sea and the rest of the
world, then the Black Sea has always been a crossing place of
international traffic offering the Romanians the opportunity to
participate in this commercial circuit.
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Born in the
Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic space, the Romanian people, descending from
the Dacians and the Romans, represents in the ethno-cultural space of
Europe one of the oldest people, having according to the historian
Nicolae lorga, "roots which are four times millenial".Forced to suffer
the wild attacks of migratory people for a long time, the Romanians
constituted themselves into independent states in the 14th century by
uniting the existent pre-state territories. Although historic
circumstances prevented the forming of a unique Romanian state for a
long time there have always existed common origins, traditions and
customs, a unitary geographic frame and community of language.In 1859,
as a result of an immense internal effort and a favourable external
context, the Union of Moldavia and Wallachia was achieved by the
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"The Small
Union" was consolidated by a reforming work which Europeanized the new
state and enabled it to make itself known in external affairs.The
decisive step towards the constituting of the Romanian Unitary National
State was taken during the year 1918. By uniting all the Romanian
territories some of which had been under foreign rule: Basarabia,
Bucovina, Banat and Transilvania, the Great Union was accomplished in
Alba lulia on December 1st, 1918.The anti-communist revolution of
December 1989 showed the Romanians' option for democracy and
liberty.Thoroughly European, Romania has given the world cultural
patrimony great personalities: the scholar Dimitrie Cantemir, the
sculptor Constantin Brancusi, the musician George Enescu, the inventor
Henri Coandîthe diplomat Nicolae Titulescu, the historian
Nicolae lorga, the dramatist Eugen lonescu, the historian Mircea
Eliade, the mathematician Grigore Moisil.Representing an oasis of
Latinity in this part of the world, the Romanians confirm the statement
made by the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga: "We have remained
Romanians because we could not part from the memory of Rome".
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is a page to give you a view of how Romania is in culture.