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Brancusi’s Romanian outdoor sculptures added to UNESCO World Heritage list

July 28, 2024137 Views

UNESCO added a series of outdoor sculptures by Romanian modernist master Constantin Brancusi to its list of world heritage sites on Saturday, celebrating their place as one of the most notable examples of 20th-century public art. FILE PHOTO: The Endless Column, a cast iron sculpture made by Constantin Brancusi, is seen in Targu Jiu, 300 km (186 miles) west of Bucharest. The Endless Column together with the Table of Silence and the Gate of the Kiss are part of a World War I monument erected in 1938 by Brancusi, a pioneer of modern abstract sculpture whose work inspired numerous modernist sculptors. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti Brancusi created the open-air collection that includes the "Endless Column" and the "Gate of the Kiss" in the small south-western Romanian town of Targu Jiu in 1937-19...

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First Victor Brauner retrospective opens in Romania

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February 27, 2023743 Views

The first Victor Brauner retrospective in Romania was opened recently at the same time as ‘Timisoara 2023, European Capital of Culture’. In the Baroque Palace of the National Museum of Art Timișoara, the exhibition proposes over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, book illustrations, and documents spanning Brauner's entire career as a surrealist artist of Romanian origin. “Timișoara 2023–European Capital of Culture” represents a complex cultural program that aims to transform citizens, artists, and cultural operators into relevant actors in its implementation and the city’s long-term development. Thus marking 2023 as a truly remarkable year for the designated capital of culture and Romania, showcasing more than 2,500 artists and about 30 events per week. The program was coordinated...

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Roman era brought to life at Romanian festival

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September 25, 2022689 Views

The clatter of shields and battle cries filled the misty air as warriors lifted their swords. Nearby, gladiators fought each other for their lives. A festival that featured historic reenactments brought the ancient Roman era back to life this month near a sleepy village in southern Romania, evoking a time when the area was part of the easternmost Dacian provinces of the Roman Empire. Participants in the Romula Fest historic reenactment event clash during a battle in the village of Resca, Romania, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022.(AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) In a field close to the village of Resca, local residents watched the costumed reenactors with amusement, fascination and pride. Many identify with the ancient tribes that raided the outer borders of the Roman Empire, triggering what bec...

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Medieval monastery in Romania welcomes Ukrainian refugees

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March 16, 2022931 Views

When 75-year-old Svetlana and her family from the city of Krivoy Rog in central Ukraine reached the snow-covered Putna Monastery in the rolling hills of northeastern Romania, they had been on the road for four days. The monks living at the remote 15th century Romanian Orthodox monastery, a pilgrimage site that sits in a valley covered in dense forest, have opened its doors to people like Svetlana who have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries in their millions since Russia began its invasion on Feb. 24. Romanian Orthodox monk, Father Mikhail, departs after the mass at the Church in Putna Monastery, Putna, Romania, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Of those, more than 400,000 people have already crossed into Romania, and numbers are expected to rise as Russia continues what...

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Dracula’s castle lures visitors with COVID-19 jabs

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May 9, 2021743 Views

Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after medics set up a COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Transylvanian attraction. Doctors and nurses with fang stickers on their scrubs are offering free Pfizer shots to all-comers at 14th century Bran Castle, which is purported to be an inspiration for the vampire's towering home in Bram Stoker’s novel "Dracula". Alexandru Priscu, Bran Castle's marketing director, looks on during interview with Reuters reporter, in Brasov county, Romania, May 8, 2021. Inquam Photos/George Calin via REUTERS Castle staff hope the service will bring more people to the site in Romania's Carpathian mountains, where tourist numbers have plummeted since the start of the pandemic. Anyone ca...

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Another monolith appears and then vanishes, this time in Romania

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December 1, 20201449 Views

Close on the heels of mysterious appearance and disappearance of a metal monolith in Utah Desert of USA, another similar monolith appeared and disappeared, this time across Atlantic in Romania, almost half a world away. Shiny metal monolith vanished on Tuesday from Romania’s mountainous Neamt county, four days after its sudden appearance close to an ancient Dacian fortress. In no time this sparked speculation that it may be related to Utah incident. Alien-looking pillar, was spotted in a Utah desert in the United States about two weeks ago. It disappeared after generating much excitement internationally among science-fiction fans, hearkening to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, “2001: A Space Odyssey”, based on a novel by Arthur C. Clarke. In the Kubrick movie, an alien monolith is a recurr...