“She drew beauty from anything she did and spread it around her”. Maria Rosetti’s gifts to Romania
Romanian by choice. Revolutionary leader. Mother. Writer. Activist. Who said Romanian girls and women today didn’t have role models worth em
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Ilinca Stroe
May 3, 20223 min read
Bucharest’s erstwhile hub of social glamour: the story of Palatul Suțu
At night, it’s spellbinding. Its moonlit front yard, with its fine wrought iron gates and marquee, its interior resembling a drawing by...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 5, 20224 min read
Romania’s “Queen of the Heights”: How Smaranda Brăescu Made It in a Man’s World
Smaranda Brăescu (1897-1948) had the dream of flying at a time when her country barely guaranteed any civil rights for women. So when in
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 20, 20215 min read
Arsenie Boca: Meeting the Romanians’ Need for Miracles
Was it “his extraordinary will, his formidable memory, his being such a hard worker, his out of the ordinary
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 18, 20216 min read
Veronica Micle and Mihai Eminescu: the Love that Fed Romania’s Finest Poetry
Sexist as it may possibly be deep down, had there not been a Veronica Micle, there might not have been a Mihai Eminescu, either.
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 12, 20216 min read
Elena Lupescu: A Femme Fatale to Interwar Romania
When it comes to the most hated women in the history of Romania, she probably comes second only to the other greatly loathed Elena,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Standing out in the World: 5 Out of the Ordinary Things about Romania
The European Union’s sixth largest country after Brexit and one of Europe’s most important agricultural producers, Romania inherited from...
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 15, 20203 min read
The Psychology of the Romanian People: A Rough Collective Portrait
On the one hand, our high potential for cognitive and emotional intelligence, for creativity and learning is comparable to that of the Briti
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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 8, 20204 min read
Fighting Against the Tide of History: Elisabeta Rizea, the Anti-communist Woman Partisan
A graduate of barely secondary school, Romanian history nowadays pays homage to her as the female symbol of anti-communist resistance
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Ilinca Stroe
May 28, 20204 min read
Anghel Saligny: The Unspectacular Decency of an Engineering Star
as you near Cernavodă, the fine, slender shape of a steel bridge is coming to view, slightly reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower metal lacework
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 25, 20204 min read
Romania’s Lady of the Romance: Ioana Radu
Ioana Radu was born Eugenia (Jana) Braia into a family of sub-modest means that moved from Bucharest to Craiova, in the historical region of
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 20, 20203 min read
Queen Mother Elena: Righteous for Her Nation, Righteous among the Nations
without her, Romania’s King, her son, in times of turmoil and bitter suffering, would have probably failed to serve his country with the wis
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 8, 20203 min read
The Firm Charm of Feminism in Romanian Architecture: Virginia Andreescu Haret
Virginia Andreescu Haret (1894-1962) made her feminist statement through the silent power of concrete: she engineered enduring urban beauty
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 20, 20194 min read
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
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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