2. We’ll talk about
short facts
physical features ;)
a bit of history
famous Romanian people & things
traditions
3.
4. Fast info
Official name - România
Location - (SE) Central Europe
Time zone - GMT + 2
Area - 237 502 km2 (Denmark X6)
Population – over 22 mil
Ethnic groups - Romanians 89%, Hungarian 7.5%,
Gipsy 1.9%, Other 1.6%
Religions - Christian Orthodox 87%, Roman Catholic
5%, Protestant 5%, Jewish, Other
5. Fast info
Currency: Romanian Leu (RON) - 1RON = aprox 2DKK
Climate - temperate, 4 distinct (!) seasons,
temperatures from
Capital - Bucharest (Bucureşti)
Form of State - Parliamentary Republic with two
legislative bodies: Senate (Senat) and Chamber of
Representatives (Camera Deputatilor)
Main political parties - Social Democratic Party,
Democratic Party, National Liberal Party etc
NATO and EU member
6. Physical features
great location - latitudes 43°37’07‖ to 48°15’06‖
perfect proportions:
1/3 mountains
1/3 hills
1/3 plains
highest peak - Moldoveanu 2544m
one of the richest faunas in Europe (bears, deer,
lynx and wolves)
trademarks ->
12. Climate
4 seasons
very hot summer
cold winter with plenty of snow in the mountains
record high temp: 44.5 C
record low temp: -38.5 C
significant differences between regions
13. History
oldest remains of homo sapiens in Europe - 42.000 years old – ―The Cave
with Bones‖ in Romania (believed to be the first homo sapiens to have
entered the continent)
4000 BC – first pottery
2000 BC - "the fairest and most courageous of
men‖(Herodotus) - the Dacian people
100 AD – peak of Dacian civilization
=> 101 – 106 AD the Romans conquered us
11 century – Romanians only Latin people in E Europe
14. History
by 13 century – first division of Romanian people:
Wallachia, Transilvania and Moldavia – fallen under
different influences
first reunited from 1593 to1601 by Michael the Great
On January 24, 1859 - the historic act of political unity
between Moldavia and Wallachia under one single rule,
that of Alexandru Ioan Cuza
1st of December, 1918 - Alba Iulia the "unification of all
Romanians from Transylvania, the Banat, Crisana and
Maramures with Romania for all ages to come― was
proclaimed => thus, national day
15.
16. Recent History
1945 — The Yalta Agreement makes Romania
part of the Soviet system – post WWII arragements
grandiose communist development projects -people
were submitted to a rigorous austerity programme
in the 1980s
Dec 1989 – communist regimes falling in Europe ->
Romanians overthrow Ceausescu’s 25 yrs dictatorial
regime
proud democracy ever since
17. The Palace of the Parliament
second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon
23. Nadia
Comaneci
• one of the best known
gymnasts of the world, winner
of five Olympic gold medals
• the first gymnast to be
awarded a perfect score of 10
in an Olympic gymnastic event
24. Henri
Coanda
• inventor and
aerodynamics pioneer,
the builder of world's first
jet powered aircraft, the
Coanda-1910.
• he discovered and gave
his name to the Coanda
effect
Dacians = they believed in immortality of the soul and were not afraid to die
18th century = witnessed the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the Russian and Austrian ones
own communist policy, standards of living plunged considerably years were dominated by lies, corruption, terror, violation of human rights, and isolation from the Western world
the brighter side of communism270 m by 240 m, 86 m high, and 92 m under ground. 1,100 rooms, 2 underground parking garages and is 12 stories tall, with four additional underground levels currently available and in use, with another four in different stages of completion.