The European Commission in autumn announced the winners of the European Heritage Awards also known as Europa Nostra Awards. The project on the restauration of the wooden church in the Ursi village was among the first four recipients of the grand prix and
Counties Brasov and Sibiu are home to some of the oldest and most beautiful fortified churches in Romania
Located in northern Romania, Bukovina is famous for its outstanding traditions and customs passed down from generation to generation, as well as for its beautifully painted monasteries
Religion and churchgoing were generally frowned upon back in Communist Romania. Religious practices were being discouraged and back in the early days of communism, some clergymen served many years in prisons for their faith
Bistrita was built after the model of the medieval cities in Western Europe
