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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Pictures from Rm. Valcea

Ramnicu Valcea si one of the most beautiful cities in Oltenia. Enjoy the video.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Adrian Paunescu

Adrian Păunescu (20 July 1943 – 5 November 2010) was a Romanian poet, journalist, and politician. Though criticised for praising dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu,[1] Păunescu was called "Romania's most famous poet"in a Associated Press story, quoted by the New York Times.


Born in Copăceni, Bălţi County, in what is now the Republic of Moldova, Păunescu spent his childhood in Bârca, Dolj County. He did his secondary studies at Carol I High School in Craiova.
Păunescu studied philology at the University of Bucharest and became a writer and journalist. He was an influential public figure for Romanian youth throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.Though he was criticised for writing flattering poems about dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Păunescu remained popular in Romania, where he appeared on television several times a week.
As posthumously summarized by newspaper România Liberă, Păunescu "is still viewed as a hero by the man in the street" although "intellectuals continue to question his integrity and the literary value of his work".

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Constantin Brâncuși




Constantin Brâncuși  (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Famous Brâncuși works include the Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), The Newborn (1915), Bird in Space (1919) and The Column of the Infinite (Coloana infinitului), popularly known as The Endless Column (1938). Considered the pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Sport - CS Oltchim Rm Valcea


CS Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea is a Romanian women's handball club from Râmnicu Vâlcea, that plays in the Romanian National League and in the EHF Women's Champions League. They are considered one of the most valuable teams in Europe.
The club was founded on 27 June 1973 under the name "A.S. Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea". It was part of a sports program initiated by the local chemical company (now Oltchim). Its first coach was Constantin Cinca. Under his guidance, the team moves from the 3rd division to 2nd division in 1980. Two seasons later, under its new coach Constantin Popescu, the team advances to the National League.

Sport - FC Universitatea Craiova


Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova  is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83.

The football history in the city of Craiova began in the year 1921, when the first teams were founded; "Craiovan Craiova" and "Rovine Grivita Craiova".

In the year 1940, the two teams from Craiova merged, resulting in one of the most successful Romanian football teams in the Interwar period; “FC Craiova” , which was also the first team from the city of Craiova winning the Romanian championship in the season 1942–1943. However the title was not officialised by the Romanian Football Federation because of World War II.
Finally in 1948 “Universitatea Craiova” took life at the initiative of a group of students and professors, a team which latter would become one of the most popular and successful teams from Romania.

Industry - Berbesti-Alunu Coal Mine

Berbeşti-Alunu Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Vâlcea County. The legal entity managing the mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.
The mine has around 2,200 workers and is endowed with 13 bucket-wheel excavators, seven spreaders, one mixed machine and five deposits spreader. The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 67 million tonnes of lignite.
One of the most important partners (customer) of this mine groups is CET Govora(Thermal power plant).
The presence of the mining activities in these 2 locations is very important for the local economy. Additional activities are concentrated around mining.


Sunday, April 22, 2012

Horezu Monastery

The Monastery of Horezu was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the town of Horezu, Wallachia, Romania. It is considered to be a masterpiece of "Brâncovenesc style", known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its sculpted detail, its treatment of religious compositions, its votive portraits, and its painted decorative works.  The school of mural and icon painting established at the monastery in the 18th century was famous throughout the Balkan region.

 
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