http://www.authorstream.

com/Presentation/sandamichaela-1709344-acasa-11/

Every year for ten days between the end of April and beginning of May, a remote corner in Romania witnesses an amazing show - the blooming en masse of the wild Peonia Tenuifolia. A rare and particularly beautiful type of botanical Peony - also called Steppe Peony, grows wild in an area of 3 hectares. A whole meadow explodes with the blood red simple blooms of this peony. The steppe peony (Paeonia tenuifolia), has a height of 10-30 cm, with bright red flowers

The steppe peony (Paeonia tenuifolia)

Zau de Cmpie is a commune in the Mure County. Here, on Bota Hil, in the Northwest of the village, is the only place within the Carpathian arch where the steppe peony plant grows and is the northernmost point in Romania where this species is found. The first data about this steppe peonies were published in 1846 in Vienna The Steppe Peony Reservation from Zau de Cmpie was founded in 1932 by the academician Alexandru Borza, the founder of the Romanian school of botany. The natural reserve area had 2.5 hectares. The area was saved by Marcu Sncrian, the "father of the peonies", a passionate villager who protected voluntary the peonies from 1923 (!) to 2006, the year he died. He also fought to include the reservation in Romanian Academy's patrimonium and managed to increase the surface of the reservation at 3.5 hectares. In the blossoming season (May), that last exactly ten days, the beautiful meadow attracts many lovers of nature;

Sibiu City with a population of 137,026, located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest.

Sibiu

Catholic Church (Biserica Catolic)

Nowadays the capital of Sibiu County, between 1692 and 1791 and 1849-1865 Sibiu was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral (Catedrala Sfnta Treime), is the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania. It was built in the style of a Byzantine basilica, inspired by Hagia Sophia, with the main spires influenced by Transylvanian church architecture and Baroque elements

His Grace Bishop Irineu Children come forward to venerate the cross

The Large Square is the historic center of Sibiu, first time mentioned in 1411 as corn market.

. In tandem with the city of Luxembourg, Sibiu was designated as European Capital of Culture for the year 2007.

Sibiu Anno Domini 1650

Podul Minciunilor - the Small Square of Sibiu and Liar's Bridge, an iron bridge (1859)

The Small Square of Sibiu and the Evangelical Church. This landmark monument of Sibiu was built during the 14th and 15th Centuries in a gothic style and has two pipe organs (organ concerts here almost every week).

the Small Square of Sibiu and The Art House Emil Sigerus Museum of Sibiu

Considered to be a forged iron gem, The Bridge of Lies is one of the most important symbols of the city. Rebuilt in 1859 by Friedrich Htte in the former location of a wooden bridge, The Bridge of Lies is the first forged iron bridge in Romania (Second cast iron bridge to be built in Europe)

The Art House - Emil Sigerus Museum of Sibiu is known as 'Butchers' Hall and is one of the oldest guild houses Documentary certified in 1370, the historical monument located in the Small Square of Sibiu, is one of the most interesting building that embodies the type of a medieval trading hall The Art House - Emil Sigerus Museum of Sibiu

Catholic Church (Biserica Catolic) The Jesuit monks built the church between 1726 and 1733 in Baroque style

Bulevardul Vasile Milea

Direcia Finanelor Publice

Brukenthal National Museum Opened to the public in 1817, the Brukenthal National Museum was originally Baron Samuel von Brukenthal's official residence. Built between 1778 and 1788, the palace, then comprising an art gallery and a library, was home to the entire collection. During his lifetime, the Baron transformed the palace into a veritable museum, one of the first museums in Romania.

Bringing together world famous masterpieces of Flemish painting including the famous betrothal portrait by van Eyck, The Man in the Blue Hat the Brukenthal Collection is one of the most illustrious in Eastern Europe. In 2009-2010 for the first time in its history, the Brukenthal National Museum offered on loan an incomparable group of some fifty works of art. On the occasion of this exhibition in Paris, at Jacquemart-Andr Museum, this group of about fifty major works was presented in France for the first time.

Antonello da Messina

Hans Memling

Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger

Lorenzo Lotto

Jacob Jordaens Pieter Bruegel I, The Elder

Man in a Blue Turban Jan van Eyck ( c. 1395 1441)

Sibiu Samuel von Brukenthal High School

Office tower and subsidiary of BCR (Banca Comercial Romn)

The station is

located near Sibiu city center. The international trains runs to Budapest (Hungary)

Almost all the roofs have ventilation openings in the funny and unusual shape of eyes.

Sibiel Painted Icons Museum Anca Mrginean soloist of Sibiu

Poiana Sibiului is a commune in Sibiu County. The name means "the glade of Sibiu".

Poiana Sibiului

Poiana Sibiului Biserica de lemn (Biserica din Deal)

Poiana Sibiului Biserica de lemn (Biserica din Deal)

The Lutheran evangelical church from Cristian Sibiu has been built on the ruins of an old roman basilica having as patron St. Servatius. There still exist some elements of the original church that dates back to the XIIIth century

The Cluari were the members of a Romanian fraternal secret society who practiced a ritual acrobatic dance known as the clu. According to the Romanian historian Mircea Eliade, the Cluari were known for "their ability to create the impression of flying in the air which he believed represented both the galloping of a horse and the dancing of the fairies (zne).

The clu is a male group dance, although there are records of traditions from Oltenia region that included 12 young girls, now obsolete.

Cluari Cristian, Sibiu Cluari dance in the Saxon fortified church of Cristian, Sibiu county, during the state visit of King of the Belgians Albert II and his wife Queen Paola

Text and pictures: Internet

Copyright: All the images belong to their authors

Presentation: Sanda Foioreanu

www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

Sound:

Gheorghe Zamfir Doina de la Domasnea