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The first site in Romania, the Danube Delta, was added to the list at the 15th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Carthage in 1990. Further sites were added in 1993 and 1999 and some of the sites were subsequently expanded. Roșia Montană Mining Cultural Landscape was listed in 2021 and was immediately placed in the list of World ...
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The Musée d'Orsay ( UK: / ˌmjuːzeɪdɔːrˈseɪ / MEW-zay dor-SAY, US: / mjuːˈzeɪ -/ mew-ZAY -, French: [myze dɔʁsɛ]) (English: Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French ...
The flora of Romania comprises around 3,450 species of vascular plants, which represents around 30% of the vascular flora of Europe. [ 1] The three major vegetation zones in Romania are the alpine, steppe, and forest zones. [ 2] The latter can be subdivided (depending on soil, climate, and altitude) into regions dominated by the Norway Spruce ...
The historical regions of Romania are located in Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe. [ 1] Romania came into being through the unification of two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia in 1862. [ 2] The new unitary state extended over further regions at various times during the late 19th and 20th centuries, including Dobruja in 1878, and ...
Culture of Romania. The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and the learned culture, determined by two factors. First, the rural character of the Romanian communities resulted in an exceptionally vital and creative traditional culture.
The Middle Ages in Romania began shortly after the withdrawal of the Roman legions from the former Roman province of Dacia in the late 3rd century and with the start of the Early Middle Ages and the Migration Period that followed afterwards respectively. It subsequently came to an end with the reign of Domn Michael the Brave (1593–1601) who ...
In English, the name of the country was originally borrowed from French "Roumania" (<"Roumanie"), then evolved into "Rumania", but progressively fell out of use after World War II in favour of the name used officially: "Romania". The "u" form saw use in English-language material at least as late as 2009. [ 29]