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Romania's major historical sites, known as monumente istorice ("Historic monuments"), are listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, which was created between 2004 and 2005. As of 2015, 30,148 Heritage sites are entered in the National Cultural Heritage of Romania. [1]
Bucharest is the capital and the largest city in Romania, with a population of over 1.7 million in 2021. [348] Its larger urban zone has a population of almost 2.2 million, [349] which are planned to be included into a metropolitan area up to 20 times the area of the city proper. [350] [351] [352]
The location of Romania [clarification needed] An enlargeable map of Romania. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Romania: . Romania – unitary semi-presidential republic located in Central-Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea to the south-east, between Bulgaria and Ukraine.
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe.It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast.
After the fall of communism in Romania with the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, [45] Romania tried to regain the small Snake Island. [46] Since it is located on the Black Sea, it has access to the sea's continental shelf rich in petroleum and natural gas resources. [ 47 ]
On January 1, Casa de Economii și Consemnațiuni, the first bank of Romania, is established. On June 19 Evangelis Zappas , one of the richest men in the world at that date dies at the age of 65. Born in the Ottoman Empire in today's Greece he lived in Romania most of his life.
That same year Romania and Poland concluded a defensive alliance against the emergent Soviet Union, and in 1934 the Balkan Entente was formed with Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, which were suspicious of Bulgaria. [269] Until 1938, Romania's governments maintained the form, if not always the substance, of a liberal constitutional monarchy.
Croatia joined the European Union as a full member on July 1, 2013, while Romania joined on January 1, 2007. Cyprus: 1960-08-16: See Foreign relations of Cyprus [11] [12] Cyprus joined the European Union as a full member on May 1, 2004, while Romania joined on January 1, 2007. Romania has an embassy in Nicosia [13] and an honorary consulate in ...