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    Default Oil in Romania

    [SPOILER=In middle 19th century Romania became a leading oil producer in the world.]



















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    World's first large refinery opened at Ploești (today known as Ploiești), Romania, in 1856-1857, with US investment. After being taken over by Nazi Germany, the Ploești refineries were bombed in Operation Tidal Wave by the Allies during the Oil Campaign of World War II.

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    Default Some old postcards

    [SPOILER=Baia Mare]
    Unirii Square, Baia Mare


    General view, Baia Mare


    General view, Baia Mare


    Vasile Lucaciu Street, Baia Mare


    Crișan Street with the Roman-Catholic church's tower[/SPOILER]

    [SPOILER=Brașov]
    Kolostor Street, Brașov


    Libertății Square, Brașov[/SPOILER]


    Cuza Boulevard, Brăila

    [SPOILER=București]
    Main entry, București


    Calea Griviței, București


    Grand Hôtel du Boulevard, București


    Academiei Street, București


    Calea Victoriei, București


    Gara de Nord, București


    Bibescu Vodă Square, București


    Sfântu Gheorghe Square, București


    Theatre Square, București[/SPOILER]


    Boulevard, Calafat


    Călimănești

    [SPOILER=Cluj]
    King Matia Square, Cluj


    Matei Corvin Statue, Cluj[/SPOILER]

    [SPOILER=Constanța]
    Mamaia Beach, Constanța


    Giamia, Constanța[/SPOILER]


    Unirii Street, Craiova


    Curtea de Argeș


    Moldova Square, Focşani


    Strada Domnească, Galați

    [SPOILER=Giurgiu]
    Principele Nicolae Street, Giurgiu


    Alexandru Lahovari Street and the Tower, Giurgiu


    The Tower and music pavilion, Giurgiu[/SPOILER]

    [SPOILER=Lugoj]
    General view, Lugoj


    Train station, Lugoj[/SPOILER]


    Town centre, Poiești


    The homes of the customs officials, Predeal


    Dancing pavilion, Săliște

    [SPOILER=Sibiu]
    Mészáros Street, Sibiu


    Main market and Sarkantyu Street, Sibiu[/SPOILER]


    Maria Statue, Timișoara


    Road to the port, Turtucaia


    Romanian villagers in traditional costume


    Countryside dwelling

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    [SPOILER=Photographs by Kurt Hielscher]
    Shelter on field


    Shelters on field


    Balcic- Turkish cemetery


    Balcic- Turkish cemetery


    Bucium player


    Nuns from the Agapia Monastery


    Bull cart (Dobrogea)


    Cașin - cemetery


    Cavarna - at the fountain


    Chendu Mare - woman spinning


    Chendu Mare - women spinning


    Cherhana (I have no idea how to translate it in English, sorry...)


    Cemetery


    Cemetery


    Cemetery


    Cemetery


    Cemetery


    Cemetery


    Shepherd from Sânta Maria


    Shepherds from Novaci


    Comârzan - at the swing


    Constanța - oil port


    With the plough


    Drag - peasant dance


    Drăguș - horă


    Moți family


    Ghinda - children at the altar


    Hărman - at church


    At the watering hole


    At lunch


    At the well


    At the well


    At Sălciua de Jos


    At the hearth


    At the hearth


    At the hearth


    Mediaș - the market


    Moreni - oil scaffolding


    Pots merchant


    Shoe merchant


    Fisherman at the Danube


    Rafts in Galați


    Poiana Sibiului - having a drink


    Wells in Valea Prahovei


    Grinder


    Grinder


    Gardner wheel


    Rusu Bârgăului - horă


    Sântalmaș - cimitir


    Sibiu - the little market


    Sighișoara - the marchet


    Silistra - stand


    Peasant woman with tulnic


    Tismana - women spinning


    Turkish women at the well


    Vălișoara - on the way to church


    Apărătoare de muște (the things you shoo flies with) merchant


    Pretzel merchant


    Viscri - on the way to church[/SPOILER]

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    I found this very sad song to fit well with the pictures:

    [YOUTUBE]7Msma6n6S4k[/YOUTUBE]


    I hope you'll enjoy it...

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    [SPOILER=Photographs by Kurt Hielscher]
    Agapia - nun with toacă


    Alba Iulia - citadel's gate


    Archita - the fortified church


    Archimandrite


    Aschileul Mic - the church


    Balcic - royal castle


    Balcic - pergola in park


    Balcic - in the castle's park


    Bazarcic - mosque


    Biertan - the fortified church


    Fundenii Doamnei Church


    The church of the Sucevița Monastery


    Boița - village's church


    Bran - royal castle


    Bran - castle's courtyard


    Bran - in the castle's courtyard


    Brașov - the Black Church


    Brașov - the Black Church


    București - Domnița Church


    București - church


    București - monastery


    Câineni - the church


    Câmpulung - the church


    Cârlibaba - wooden church


    Balta Castle


    Hunedoara Castle


    Cetatea Albă


    Cetatea Albă


    Hotin Citadel


    Hotin Citadel


    Cișnădie - fortified castle


    Cluj - Mateiaș Church


    Columns


    Cuhea - wooden church


    Curtea de Argeș - the church


    Curtea de Argeș - the church


    Curtișoara - the old church


    Dealu Frumos - the fortified church


    Făgăraș - the castle


    Fântâna Albă - the church


    Fildul de Sus - the church


    Exterior fresco at Voroneț


    Exterior fresco at Voroneț


    Exterior fresco at Voroneț


    Gura Humorului - the church


    Hărman - lateral nave


    Homorod - defence wall


    Iași - Golia Church


    Iași - church


    Iași - Trei Ierarhi Church


    Iași - ruins


    Interior at the Horezu Monastery


    In the Cetatea Monastery's church


    At the Căldărușani Monastery


    At the Cozia Monastery


    At the Horezu Monastery


    At the Horezu Monastery


    Căldărușani Monastery


    Comana Monastery


    Cornetu Monastery


    Cozia Monastery


    Horezu Monastery


    Neamțu Monastery


    Polovraci Monastery


    Putna Monastery


    Mesindorf - the fortified church


    Nadășa - the wooden church


    Oncești - the wooden church


    Părhăuți - the church


    Rădăuți - the old diocese


    Râșnov - citadel's gate


    Rozavlea - the wooden church


    Ialomnicioara hermitage


    Sibiu - at the citadel's wall


    Sinaia - monks at the monastery


    Sinaia - the royal castle


    Sinaia - monastery's bell-tower


    Sinaia - monastery's courtyard


    Vijnița - the wooden church


    Viscri - the fortified church


    Voroneț - monastery's church


    Vorumloc - the fortified church[/SPOILER]

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    [SPOILER=Photographs by Kurt Hielscher]
    Altin - lad


    Arbora - old peasant


    Aricani - peasant woman


    Arpașul de Jos - lad


    Arpașul de Jos - old peasant woman


    Avrig - peasant couple


    Boinești - on the porch


    Boița - costumes


    Brusturi - peasant girl


    Budești - old peasant


    Bunila - women


    Macedonian colonists (Dobrogea)


    Cornea - peasant woman


    Drăgoeni - peasant women


    Drăguș - winter costume


    Drăguș - summer garb


    Drăguș - peasant woman


    Drăguș - peasant girl


    Ghelari - girl


    Ghelari - peasant woman


    Ghinda - Saxon woman


    Guttenbrun - Swabian woman


    Harman - young Saxon woman


    Iad - ready for church


    Iad - Saxon garb


    Iad - Saxon garb on Sunday


    Lechința - on Holiday


    Lechința - Saxon garb


    Lechința - Saxon holiday garb


    Lechința - rich Saxon woman


    Liebling - Swabian woman


    Livezeni - peasant woman


    Lunca Cernii - peasants


    Merișor - women


    Merișor - peasant woman


    Morlâca - young Hungarian woman


    Oncești - at the window


    Poiana Sibiului - women spinning


    Poiana Sibiului - old peasant


    Rășinari - peasant couple


    Rechitova - shepherds


    Rod - peasant woman


    Roșia - Saxon women in holiday garb


    Rucăr - women's garb


    Rusu Bârgăului - peasant woman


    Sabla - Turkish woman


    Sălciua de Jos - centennial


    Sălciua de Jos - peasant woman


    Săliște - woman


    Ștei - hairdo


    Peasants from Maramureș


    Aromanian style


    Aromanian style


    Tomești - Székely couple


    Topolovăț - finery


    Turtucaia - Turk


    Ursusău - peasant girl


    Vădeni - țărani


    Vălișoara - Hungarian garb


    Vălișoara - Hungarian garb


    Viscri - village elder


    Viscri - Saxon woman


    Viscri - Saxon woman[/SPOILER]

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    This time I was obsessed with this (jollier) song:

    [YOUTUBE]dHVlXdKg-AE[/YOUTUBE]


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    [SPOILER=Photographs by Kurt Hielscher]
    Dusk (Dobrogea)


    Babele in Bucegi


    Balcic (Dobrogea)


    Buffaloes in water


    Brașov- the town hall


    București - the Romanian Athenaeum


    Câmpulung


    Channel in the Danube Delta


    Filipoiu Channel


    Cârlibaba - Bistrița Valley


    Carpați - Bâlea Lake


    Carpați at Rucăr


    Bicaz Canyon


    Tătaru Canyon in Carpați


    Turda Canyon


    Coasta de Argint at Cavarna


    Road to Păltiniș


    Dunărea la cazane


    Dunărea at Drencova


    Dunărea at the Iron Gate


    Giulești


    Early storm


    In Draoș


    In Apuseni Mountains


    Near the storm


    In Sibiu


    In Țara Oașului


    In Turtucaia (Dobrogea)


    In Turtucaia - at the Dunăre


    Joseni - village road


    At Cape Caliacra


    Babadag Lake


    At Galița (Dobrogea)


    At Gătaia


    At Iebel


    At Ghilcos Lake


    At Păltiniș


    At Rășinari


    At Vidra de Jos


    At Voiteg


    Lunca Cernii


    Măldărești - fortified house


    Făgăraș Mountains


    On top of Prislop


    Galați Port


    Sighișoara - clock tower


    Teke - Turkish mausoleum


    Pass in Carpați


    Tropaeum Traiani


    Gypsies


    Gypsies


    Ford at Macoviște


    Vâlcov


    Vâlcov


    Cerna Valley


    Dâmbovița Valley[/SPOILER]

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    [SPOILER=Maramureș]



































































    [/SPOILER]
    Last edited by Daos; 04-06-2010 at 08:13 AM.

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    Default Sighetul Marmației, Maramureș

    Spoiler!
    [SPOILER=La fîntînă la mocrină][YOUTUBE]ecSLcemo3dI[/YOUTUBE][/SPOILER]

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