1. Welcome to Romania !

2. Contents Geography Economy & Politics Largest cities. Bucharest Famous Romanian people Romanian Cuisine

3. Geography

6. almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory

7. borders on the Black Sea

10. divided into 41 counties, plus the municipality of Bucharest

11. 1st January 2007: joined the EU

13. Largest cities

14. Iaşi in NE Romania called “The city on seven hills” the social, cultural & academic centre of Moldavia

15. Cluj-Napoca In NW part of the country considered an informal capital to the historical province of Transylvania it hosts the largest university in the country, Babeş-Bolyai University

16. Timişoara in the Banatregion of western Romania also known as "The City of Athletes“ consideredthe second most prosperous city in Romania

17. Constanţa the oldest living city in Romania founded around 600 BC located on the Black Sea coast

18. Bucharest

19. Bucharest the capital & the largest city located in the SE of the country in the period between the two World Wars, it was nickname the "Little Paris of the East"

21. The Palace of the Parliament

22. The Palace of the Parliament the world's second largest building (after the Pentagon in Washington) designed by the dictator NicolaeCeauşescu as the seat of political and administrative power he originally called it "the House of the Republic" and it was supposed to be a monument to communism

23. Arch of Triumph built after Romania gained its independence, so that the victorious troops could march under it.

24. Athenaeum the city's main concert hall and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic

25. Famous Romanian people

26. Gheorghe Hagi former football player regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe (‘80-’90) nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians"

27. Ilie Năstase former Romanianprofessional tennis player one of the world's top players of the 1970s considered one of the most gifted tennis players in history

28. Nadia Comăneci one of the best-known gymnasts in the world the first ever gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10, in an Olympic gymnastic event.

29. Gheorghe Mureşan retired Romanian professional basketballplayer. tied with Sudaneseplayer ManuteBolas the tallest man (2.31) to ever play in the NBA.

30. Romanian Cuisine

31. Sarmale cu mămăligă popular Romanian dish of stuffed cabbage rolls accompanied by a gruel of yellow maze

32. Mici grilled minced-meat rolls made from beef mixed with pork

33. Salată de vinete mashed eggplant salad made of grilled, peeled and chopped eggplants, sunflower oil and onion

34. Cozonac a traditional Romanian sweet bread usually prepared for Easter and Christmas

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