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Study Abroad Romania. Statistics Education and its Applications in Romania May 8 – 24, 2009. All the places you will see. Bucharest Brasov Sighisoara Craiova Tirgu Jiu. Bucharest capital of Romania. Visit Universities and Research Institutes See historical places
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Study Abroad Romania Statistics Education and its Applications in Romania May 8 – 24, 2009
All the places you will see • Bucharest • Brasov • Sighisoara • Craiova • TirguJiu
Bucharest capital of Romania • Visit Universities and Research Institutes • See historical places • Visit museums and cultural landmarks
Bucharest: The Athenaeum
Created in 1864 by Prince Alexander IoanCuza • Offers over 100 masters degrees • Offers over 50 doctoral programs • Has over 50 institutes, departments and research centers. • Has international collaboration with over 40 countries. • Every year over 1000 students get training and specialization in countries of Western Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States.
A brief history of Romania • 300 B.C. the territory was known as Dacia • Conquered by the Romans lead by Emperor Trajan in 106 A.D. • After the fall of the Roman Empire the area is conquered by migratory people from north and east: Bulgars, Goths, Huns, Magyars, Slavs, and Tatars. • 1324 Principality of Wallachia or Muntenia • 1352 Principality of Moldavia • Both principalities have to accept in 1411 Ottoman sovereignty
The Ottomans conquered Walachia in 1476 and Moldavia in 1504. • In the 1700’s Phanariots were sent to rule the two principalities. • Phanariots were wealthy Greeks from the district if Phanar, Constantinople (today Istanbul, Turkey). • The Ottoman rule faded in the mid-1800’s • 1859: the assemblies of the two principalites elected prince AlexandruIoanCuza as their common ruler. • 1861 they officially united to form Romania.
Romania gains independence at the conclusion of the Russian-Turk war in 1878. • In 1881 Romania became Kingdom under the King Carol I. • After World War I Romania becomes a parliamentary monarchy. • After World War II Romania enters the Soviet Union sphere of influence: the Communist era begins. • December 1989: the 24 years of communist dictatorship under Nicolae Ceausescu ends in a popular uprising.
Cismigiu Park The Opera
Voievod (Prince) of Wallachia 1456-1462 and 1476 • Known as Dracula for his inhuman cruelty. • Impalement was his preferred method of torture and execution. • His victims were boyars (nobles) who were disloyal. • VladTepes’ atrocities against the people of Wallachia were usually attempts to enforce his own moral code upon his country. VladTepes (the Impaler)
Brasov and surroundings • The Black Church: • built in 1477 to replace a church built in 1384 • blackened by smoke in a fire in 1689 • Poiana Brasov: ski resort • Bran Castle: originally a fortress built by the Knights of the Teutonic order in 1212after they were relocated from Palestine. • Peles Castle: built as a summer residence for King Carol I of Romania
Craiova • University of Craiova with over 17,000 students • Craiova School of Medicine • King Carol I high school • The Museum of Art: the Constantin Michael Palace
Casa Baniei Craiova The Museum of Art
TirguJiu Table of Silence Endless Column Kissing Gate
Monasteries on Olt Valley …and many more