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This amazing statue has 55 m and represents Decebal, the last king of Dacia and it's sculpted in rock. The work was done between 1994 and 2004.
It is the highest sculpture in rock from Europe.

Facts about Decebal's statue:
-has 6 m less than the Statue Of Liberty.
-is 8 m taller than Jesus statue from Rio

Statue in meters:

=> Height: 55 m
=> Width: 25 m
=> Length of eyes: 4,3 m
=> Length of nose: 7 m
=> Width of nose: 4 m
* the depth of Danube in his area is about 120 m.

Stairs in Brasov.

Some facts about my country (source: Wikipedia)

-is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea.

-At 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with approximately 19 million people
* actually now we are about 21,700,000 , Weeki needs update ...

-The Kingdom of Romania emerged when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were united under Prince Alexander Ioan Cuza in 1859. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared on May 9, 1877, and was internationally recognized the following year. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bucovina and Basarabia united with the Kingdom of Romania. Greater Romania emerged into an era of progression and prosperity that would continue until World War II. By the end of the War, many north-eastern areas of Romania's territories were occupied by the Soviet Union, and Romania forcibly became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact.

-With the fall of the Iron Curtain and the 1989 Revolution, Romania began its transition towards democracy and a capitalist market economy. After a decade of post-revolution economic problems, extensive reforms fostered economic recovery making Romania now an upper middle-income country with high human development

-Romania joined NATO on March 29, 2004, the European Union on January 1, 2007 and is also a member of the Latin Union, of the Francophonie, of the OSCE, of the WTO, of the BSEC and of the United Nations. Today, Romania is a unitary semi-presidential republic, in which the executive branch consists of the President and the Government.

Building in Bucharest, on a summer night.

Did you know???(source: romaniatourism.com)
I didn't know some of these info...

=>The Palace of Parliament, located in Bucharest, ranks as the biggest office building in Europe and second-largest in the world, after the U.S. Pentagon?

=>Voronet Monastery, located in northeastern Romania, is also known as
the ‘Sistine Chapel of the East’?

=>Romania has the second largest underground glacier in Europe (in terms of volume) ? *honestly, I didn't know that..

=>The city of Brasov (Transylvania) is home to the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul ?

=>The meaning of the word “Transylvania” is the land beyond the forest?

=>Romania has the second-largest outdoor museum in the world? (Astra Museum in Sibiu)

=>The first fountain pen was invented by Craiova-born Petrache Poenaru
(1799-1875)?
* there's a subway station called Petrache Poenaru in Bucharest.

=>The movie Cold Mountain was filmed on location in Romania?
* I have to see this movie....

=>The Romanian city of Timisoara was the first in Europe to have electric street-lighting?


=>The Bruckenthal museum in Sibiu opened its doors to the public three years prior to the Louvre Museum in Paris ? (Founded in 1790 by Samuel Brukenthal, the governor of Transylvania, the museum opened to the public in 1817. It is the oldest museum in Romania and one of the first museums in Europe. The art collection includes paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck and Teniers, as well as works of German, Austrian and Romanian masters.)

=>Insulin was discovered by a Romanian physiologist ?
Only after two Canadians received a Noble prize, some 50 years later, for the same invention Nicolai Paulescu’s precedence was finally recognized and he was rightfully acknowledged as the true inventor of insulin.

=>The jet engine used by modern airplanes was invented by Bucharest-born inventor Henri Coanda ?

=>Universal literature found valuable sources of inspiration in Romania's
castles ? The most famous novels written are "The Castle in the Carpathians" by Jules Verne , and "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
* I have read both books and I really enjoyed them, so if you have them read them.

=>Romania features the youngest continental land (Danube Delta) in Europe ? The Danube Delta is a wildlife enthusiast’s (especially a bird watcher’s) paradise.

=>Brasov is home to what is said to be the narrowest street in Europe ?
The Rope Street (Strada Sforii) is approximately four feet wide and links Cerbului Street with Poarta Schei Street. The street was initially used as an access route by firefighters.

Church in Brasov.

Religions: Christian Orthodox (87%), Roman Catholic , Protestant , Others

Grozavesti, Bucharest.

->Romanian retains a number of features of old Latin and also contains many words taken from the surrounding Slavic languages, as well as from French, Old Church Slavonic, German, Greek and Turkish.

->Romanian is actually easier for English speakers to understand than it is assumed. If you’ve studied other Romance language, such as Italian, Spanish, French or Portuguese, you may understand some words. Romanian is a phonetic language, so words are pronounced as they are spelled.

->Romanian holds the intriguing status of being the only member of the Romance language family spoken in Eastern Europe.

->The Romanian alphabet has 31 letters, similar to the ones in the English alphabet, with the exception of five special letters called 'diacritics': ă (like the 'a' in English word 'musical'), ș (pronounced as 'sh'), ț (pronounced 'ts'), â, î (have the same reading, without an English equivalent).

(source: romaniantourism.com)

Black Church, Brasov.

Romanians are by nature fun loving, warm, hospitable, playful, with an innate sense of humor.
We are about 21 million people, so you can imagine that you'll find all kinds of people amongst us..

The Cross in Busteni

Romania’s terrain is almost evenly divided between mountains, hills and plains.
And we have exit to the Black Sea.

Herastrau Park, Bucharest.

Well, I'm a beginner, and you'll find only pages with Romanian cities- first, my country!
My favorite page: Brasov
My favorite photos: in Brasov's travelogues.