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Bântău
Leordeni is a Commune in Romania, commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of fourteen villages: Baloteasca, Băila, Bântău, Budișteni, Ciolcești, Ciulnița, Cârciumărești, Cotu Malului, Glâmbocata, Glâmbocata-Deal, Glodu, Leordeni, Moara Mocanului, and Schitu Scoicești. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of . It lies on the banks of the Argeș (river), Argeș River and its left tributaries, the Budișteanca and the Sabar (river), Sabar. Leordeni is located in the eastern part of Argeș County, southeast of the county seat, Pitești, on the border with Dâmbovița County. It is crossed by Roads in Romania, national road DN7, which connects Bucharest, to the southeast, to Pitești. The Leordeni train station serves the Căile Ferate Române, CFR Căile Ferate Române Line 900, Line 901, which starts at Bucharest North railway station, Bucharest North, goes through Pitești, and ends in Craiova. Founded in 1985, the is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabar (river)
The Sabar or Răstoaca is a left tributary of the river Argeș (river), Argeș in Romania. It discharges into the Argeș in Valea Dragului. e-calauza.ro Its source is near the village Bogați, Glâmbocel, west of Târgoviște. For much of its length, it flows parallel to and at a short distance from the Argeș. Its length is and its basin size is . Towns and villages The following towns and villages are situated along the river Sabar, from source to mouth: Bântău, Glâmbocata, Crângurile de Jos, Găești, Dragodana, Mătăsaru, Costeștii din Vale, Crovu, Potlogi, Florești-Stoenești, Florești, Florești-Stoenești, Stoenești, Florești-Stoenești, Palanca, Ulmi, Giurgiu, Poenari, Bolintin-Vale, Mihai Vodă, Domnești, Ilfov, Domnești, Bragadiru, Măgurele, Jil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune In Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest North Railway Station
Bucharest North railway station (; officially Bucharest North Group A; colloquially ''Gara de Nord'') is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to and from Bucharest originate from Gara de Nord. History The original North railway station was built between 1868—1872. The foundation stone was placed on 10 September 1868 in the presence of King Carol I of Romania. The building was designed as a U-shaped structure. The first railways between Roman – Galați – Bucharest – Pitești were put into service on 13 September 1872. Between 1895—1896 a new wing of the station was built, which included a "Royal Hall", in anticipation of the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary. The station was initially named ''Gara Târgoviștei'', after the road nearby, ''Calea Târgoviștei'' ("Târgoviște Road", now ''Calea Griviței''), and took its current name in 1888. Prior to the mid 1930s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlat Turnavitu
Scarlat or Scarlatŭ Turnavitu ( transitional Cyrillic: Скapлat Тȣpнaвitȣ; also known as Turnavitul and Charles Tournavito or Tournavitou; November 30, 1876) was a Wallachian, later Romanian, schoolteacher, politician, and jurist. He was born into a prosperous family with origins in the high-ranking Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, boyardom, either in his father's village of Leordeni, Budișteni, Muscel County, or in nearby Pitești, Argeș County. During his youth, Wallachia and neighboring Moldavia were Romanian-inhabited Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, with a set of conservative laws imposed in the 1820s, as ''Regulamentul Organic''. Turnavitu and two of his three brothers, Ștefan and Demostene, represented the Liberalism and radicalism in Romania, liberal and Romanian nationalism, nationalist opposition, whose principles they assimilated during their early education in Ștefănești, Argeș, Golești and Bucha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stroe Leurdeanu
Stroe Leurdeanu, also known as Stroe (sin) Fiera, Stroie Leurdeanu, Stroe Leordeanu, or Stroe Golescu (ca. 1600 – 1678 or 1679), was a Wallachian statesman and political intriguer, son of ''Logothete'' Fiera Leudeanu. He began his career with the Wallachian military forces, serving as ''Spatharios'' and seeing action in the Polish–Ottoman War of 1633. Related by marriage to the Craiovești dynasty, he emerged as one of the country's most important officials under Prince Matei Basarab: as '' Vistier'', he was in charge of the princely treasury, and also became a regent (or ''Caimacam'') in 1645. Matei also adopted Stroe's son, Istratie Leurdeanu, but in 1651 turned against the family, and found Stroe guilty of embezzlement. He returned to high favor under a new Prince, Constantin Șerban, who made him his ''Logothete''. Chased out of the country by the ''Seimeni'' rebellion and again during Constantin Șerban's downfall, the Leurdeanus remained at the center of political life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Fântâneru
Constantin Fântâneru (January 1, 1907–March 21, 1975) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and literary critic. Born in Budișteni, Argeș County, his parents were Costache Fântâneru and Zoe (''née'' Cârstoiu), peasants. After attending primary school in his native village from 1914 to 1919, he went to Saint Sava National College in Bucharest, graduating in 1927. His classmates there included Alexandru Sahia, Eugène Ionesco and Dan Botta; together, the group published ''Ramuri fragede'' magazine from 1926 to 1927. Fântâneru subsequently studied classical philology at the University of Bucharest's literature and philosophy faculty, earning a degree in 1930. He edited the business newspaper ''Prezentul'', led by Virgil Madgearu from 1935. From 1936, he was editing secretary at ''Universul'' and editor for ''Universul literar'', where he published the book review column from 1938 to 1941. Fântâneru suffered a nervous breakdown in 1942 and was hospitalized in Bucharest fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Crețulescu
Prince Nicolae Crețulescu (, surname also spelled Kretzulescu; 1 March 1812 – 26 June 1900) was a Prince Wallachian, later Romanian politician and physician. He is an aristocrat and member of the Kretzulescu family. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, and from 1865 to 1866. He was elected to the Romanian Academy. He was the 3rd president of the Romanian Academy from 1872 to 1873. Born in Bucharest, he studied medicine in Paris, having Gustave Flaubert as a colleague. As a physician, his notable work was the translation of Jean Cruveilhier's manual of anatomy. A member of the Liberal faction, Crețulescu first became prime minister after the assassination of Barbu Catargiu, under ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza. He avoided debating the issue of land reform, at that time the most contentious subject in Romanian politics; instead, Crețulescu focused on unifying the public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics (Romania)
The National Institute of Statistics (, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conducting Romania's census every ten years, with the latest census being organised in 2022. Leadership The head of the NIS is currently Tudorel Andrei, while the three vice-presidents are: * Ioan-Silviu VÎRVA, in charge of economic and social statistics * Marian Chivu, in charge of national accounts and the dissemination of statistical information * Beatrix Gered, in charge of IT activities and statistical infrastructure History Romania's first official statistics body was the Central Office for Administrative Statistics (''Oficiul Central de Statistică Administrativă''), established on July 12, 1859, under the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The organisation, one of the first national statistics organisations in Europe, conducted its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanians
Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, common culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, they speak the Romanian language and live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians. In one interpretation of the 1989 census results in Moldova, the majority of Moldovans were counted as ethnic Romanians as well.''Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook By'' David Levinson (author), David Levinson, Published 1998 – Greenwood Publishing Group.At the time of the 1989 census, Moldova's total population was 4,335,400. The largest nationality in the republic, ethnic Romanians, numbered 2,795,000 persons, accounting for 64.5 percent of the population. Source U.S. Library of Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Romanian Census
The 2021 Romanian census () was a census held in Romania between 1 February and 31 July 2022, with the reference day for the census data set at 1 December 2021. The census was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into contact with ill or quarantined people. It was the first census held in Romania in which data was collected online, something that had support among Romanian youth. The census was divided into three phases: one in which personal data of the Romanian population was collected from various sites; another in which the population was to complete more precise data such as religion, in which town halls would help the natives of rural areas to answer the census; and a third one in which census takers would go to the homes and households of those who did not register their data online. Data for this census was planned not to be collected on paper, but inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argeș County Museum
The Argeș County Museum () is a government institution and visitor attraction based in Pitești, Romania. Formally inaugurated in 1955, it is headquartered in an 1890s palace in the city center. Topics of its permanent exhibits include history, ecology, folk art and minerals. Additionally, a fine arts gallery is located in the former city hall, while three other sites elsewhere in the county are also administered by the museum. Background and description The museum is headquartered at 44 Armand Călinescu Street, in the former Argeș County Administrative Palace. The structure was built in 1898–1899 according to the plans of architect Dimitrie Maimarolu, while Mihail Manolescu was prefect. The land previously belonged to the Buliga skete, and the funds for construction came in the form of a loan of 140,000 lei from a Bucharest bank, guaranteed by the Dimitrie Sturdza-led Liberal government. Done in an eclectic style, it fits within the framework of French academicism. The pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craiova
Craiova (, also , ) is the largest city in southwestern Romania, List of Romanian cities, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians (north) and the Danube, River Danube (south). Craiova is the chief commercial city west of Bucharest and the most important city of Oltenia. The city prospered as a regional trading centre despite an earthquake in 1790, a plague in 1795, and a Ottoman Empire, Turkish assault in 1802 during which it was burned. Eight villages are administered by the city: Făcăi, Mofleni, Popoveni, Șimnicu de Jos, Cernele, Cernelele de Sus, Izvoru Rece, and Rovine. The last four were a separate commune called ''Cernele'' until 1996, when they were merged into the city. Etymology and names There are two possible etymologies for Craiova: Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
