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  2. Romanian architecture - Wikipedia

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    An example of Romanian Streamline Moderne is the Moscovici Building (Strada Nicolae Iorga no. 22), Bucharest, by Aurel Focșanu and Emil Vițeanu, 1930s. Regardless of phase, Romanian Art Deco architecture is characterized by quality and more or less elegance through simplicity. Planned obsolescence is completely absent here.

  3. Burdei - Wikipedia

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    A burdei or bordei (Romanian: bordei, Ukrainian: бурдей) [1] is a type of pit-house or half-dugout shelter, somewhat between a sod house and a log cabin. This style is native to the Carpathian Mountains and forest steppes of Eastern Europe. In Romania, it is a traditional "rustic" house made of clay and built below the earth's surface.

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Romania - Wikipedia

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    In the groups of monuments, the old Orthodox church of Targu-Jiu and the houses from the Calea Eroilor are included into UNESCO. [18] [19] Frontiers of the Roman Empire — Dacia several sites 2024 1718; ii, iii, iv (cultural) This site comprises the Dacian section of Roman Limes. Stretching over more than 1,000 km (620 mi), this was the ...

  5. Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Village Museum or formally National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" (Romanian: Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti") is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the King Michael I Park, Bucharest, Romania. The museum showcases traditional Romanian village life.

  6. Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    Some fortifications had observation towers, some of them being church towers adapted to the needs of a fortress. The materials are the traditional ones, stone and red bricks, with a red clay tiled roof, a typical feature of the area. Close to the church there is the main square of the village or Tanzplaz (Dance Square) to which social life ...

  7. Ștefania Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Ștefania Palace (Romanian: Palatul Ștefania), formerly known as Totisz Palace and popularly referred to as the House with Monkeys, [1] is a landmark building in the Fabric district of Timișoara, a city in western Romania. The palace occupies the entire northern frontage of the block bordered by Stephen the Great Street, 3 August 1919 ...

  8. Eyes of Sibiu - Wikipedia

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    Their real purpose was to act as a ventilation system for the houses' attics. [7] Nowadays, the eyes have become one of Sibiu's most famous symbols, making them a tourist attraction. In 2017, the eyes became a symbol of Romania's anti- corruption fight, being used by the organisation Vă vedem din Sibiu ("We see you from Sibiu").

  9. Folklore of Romania - Wikipedia

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    Romanian teens in traditional clothes are dancing A traditional house in the Village Museum. The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and the learned culture, determined by two factors. First, the rural character of the Romanian ...