The first documentary attestation of the settlement dates from 1280 under the name of Castrum Sex. In 1298 the German name Schespurch (later “Schäßburg”) is mentioned. The locality is mentioned in 1367 as “civitas” (city). Between the years 1431 – 1435, Vlad Dracul – the father of […]
Read more →Blidaru, Costesti – Cetatuie, Fetele Albe , Luncani- Piatra Rosie, Sarmizegetusa Regia – Gradistea of mountain , the oldest fortified compound known under the generic name – Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains, is located in the central and western geographical unit Godeanu massif, Hunedoara county . […]
Read more →Starting July 1, every year Transfagarasan highway linking Transylvania and Wallachia, crossing the highest mountain range in Romania – Mountains Fagaras at Balea Cascade . Transfagarasan highway start from Arefu (Arges county ), DN7C at kilometer 61 and ends in the village Cartisoara (Sibiu county ), at the junction […]
Read more →Though only 20 years old when he began painting monastery ceiling , the painter Nicolae Grigorescu made to Agapia a work of great value among the painted monasteries in Bucovina, combining Byzantine tradition in neoclassical style and Romanian folk art. The icons of the iconostasis, wall paintings […]
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