The 30-year Travail: From the Bottom of Rankings to Powerful Romanians in the World
It is no exaggeration to state that Romanians experienced a lasting collective trauma inflicted during 42 years of communism, which
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 23, 20194 min read
Dora d’Istria: the Coordinates of Female Romanian Genius
The perfect pseudonym for a polymath princess born in Bucharest and hailed as one of 19th-century Europe’s most impressive cosmopolitans.
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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 23, 20194 min read
A Desperate Father’s Feat: The Iulia Haşdeu Castle
It was Iulia who dictated to him, he claimed, the detailed architectural plans for the castle, the construction of which he carefully coordi
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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 12, 20195 min read
Currency Mirroring Values: Romania’s Banknotes
Banknotes, of course, carry financial power. But they’re also indicative of what a country values in terms of achievement, which is in turn
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 12, 20192 min read
A Statement of Little Paris Charm: Bucharest’s CEC Palace
On Bucharest’s most chic street, centric Calea Victoriei, standing like a dreamy damsel on a day out awaiting her aristocratic barouche, the
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 15, 20193 min read
Vladimir Ghika, the World-scale Romanian Carer
Instead, Vladimir Ghika - prince, priest and martyr - followed charity ideals: he chose the vocational path of good-doing
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Ilinca Stroe
May 21, 20193 min read
Pelişor. The Princely Home to a Magnificent Heart
you’ll soon set eyes on a smaller castle (or larger villa) which calls for love at first sight: it is charming without being imposing, grace
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Ilinca Stroe
May 8, 20195 min read
Dumitru Dan, the Romanian Globetrotter
the Romanian walked 100,000 kilometres around the world for six years, dressed in folk costumes and wearing peasant sandals,
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 8, 20193 min read
Communism’s Emptied Tomb: the Carol Park Mausoleum
A 20-minute walk from Piaţa Unirii in city centre Bucharest lies Parcul Carol I, located on the Filaret Hill, designed by French...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 26, 20193 min read
Nicolae Titulescu: the Diplomat Who Fought War
Born in 1882 in the capital city of Oltenia, Nicolae Titulescu is undoubtedly that region’s most internationally influential native. The...
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 27, 20193 min read
A Star-Bound House: The Astronomical Observatory Admiral “Vasile Urseanu”
Out of a love of sea a star-bound house was born: the Astronomical Observatory in Bucharest. It was 1908 when Admiral Vasile Urseanu was...
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 13, 20195 min read
Ana Pauker, the Iron Lady of Romanian Communism
“Stout, with unruly short greying hair, sharp blue eyes beneath the low eyebrows and a fascinating smile . . ., she made everyone feel...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 23, 20194 min read
A People’s Masterpiece: Atheneul Român (the Romanian Athenaeum)
As you walk past the elegant statue of national poet Mihai Eminescu, located in the little park in front of it, as you climb up the...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 16, 20193 min read
Barbu Ştirbey, the Perfect Grey Eminence
They say he was the mastermind behind Romania’s Crown during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, the great unifiers of the...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 28, 201813 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Jewish Romanians
Romania’s Jewish community has dwindled dramatically over the past decades: while in 1930 more than 4% of the country’s population was...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 21, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Hungarian Romanians
When talking about Hungarian ethnics in Romania, one encounters a problem of scope and of historical positioning. Most of Romania’s...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 14, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the German Romanians
“When the Germans came to the country . . . they built a city for the Romanians, they taught them professions, they gave them land when...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 7, 201812 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Roma Romanians
In her Memoirs, Zoe Cămărăşescu, a Romanian aristocrat whose mother had been a lady-in-waiting at the belle époque Court of King Carol I...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 31, 201812 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Romanianists
100 years of Romania. What Romanians have done for their country this past century in areas ranging from the humanities to science and...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 17, 20185 min read
Romania’s Second Unifier: Alexandru Ioan Cuza
There’s a Romanian saying, “Tot ce-i trei e bun” (“Good things go in threes”). It means that you have to try something twice and then...
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