FORTRESS RASNOV

Rasnov is one of the best preserved peasant fortress of Transylvania. It was built by people Rasnov to defend against increasingly frequent attacks of the Turks and Tatars in 13-14 centuries. There is an architectural style, was built so that it is hard to get. It was built of stone and brick, there are houses and alleys, was well preserved over time and has now been restored and can be visited. There is a legend related to well inside the fortress. It is said that during a siege Râsnov inhabitants have put two prisoners to dig a well so that upon completion of construction to be released.  

They dug for 17 years, during which verses from the Koran written on the walls of the well (they are seen today). Do not know what was their fate. Up there have a great view over Barsa Depression and the city. Worth to climb up there.

If you want to get a more comprehensive guide to Romania, this week I recommend you to review:  Transylvania (Bradt Travel Guide)

Swans on the Black Sea

After a strong winter frost, when lakes are frozen, the swans have come to Sea Black in search of food.

GLACIER SCARISOARA

After a steep descent on the stairs pretty grounded metal walls, a narrow path, see the oldest and largest underground glacier in Romania. Glacier Scarisoara Cave is the largest ice cave in Romania with over 3,000 years old. Glacier's Cave which houses 700 meters long. Block of ice has a volume of about 27 thousand cubic meters and a thickness exceeding 26 m and a height of about 17 m.
The cave is very cold, even when outside is 30 degrees. Feels clear influence glacier. Should be landscaped and rehabilitated road metal stairs to the cave. The cave is a place full of magic that you can return with pleasure.

PRAGUE PETRIN COLINA

We visited the greenest part of Prague: Petrin Hill. This is a park with old trees, but green, winding alleys and stairs with railings wrapped trees, green grass and gardens of roses of all colors and varieties. I've climbed and descended the hill with a funicular (train rack). The park is located about 300 m above sea level and from there you can see very well around town. The old chronicles say that this park was the site of pagan rituals dedicated to the god Petrin and it seems like nowadays bigotii to practice today as the ceremonial ancient. Dar Show is the perfect place to escape from everyday life.

THE WOMEN CAVERN ROMANIA-GORJ

“The Women Cavern” is to be found hollowed out inside the depths of the calcareous massif within the limits of the village of Baia de Fier (The Iron Bath) (the Gorj County) close to the Galbenul (the Yellow River) at an altitude of 700 m. This natural monument is made up of “original adornments” (calcareous concretions) which bring fantasy and magnificence to the cavern. “The Women Cavern” is a jewel of stone, gracefully shaped by the force of the mountain waters. The cavern is known under this name because it was used as a hiding place by women, children and old persons while the men made war in order to defend their homes.

In this cavern there can be seen impressive forms of the karst relief : the Small Basins, the Organ, made of the union of stalagmites and stalactites and the Small Dome, a kind of a strange castle. It follows the Sanctuary, showing column-shaped stalagmites in close nearness, the Sanctuary Dome reminding of a fantastic cathedral where the stalagmites seem to be climbing up endless steps, the Pulpit, the Falls Turned Into Stone which are only accessible on one's knees, the Turkish Hall, the Small Chandeliers and the Big Dome. The Turkish Hall houses a sort of “Santa Claus” in front of which there appears the Odalisque, a female nude on which a huge bird of prey seems to be moving down from the ceiling, the beck threateningly open. After this there succeeds a room named 'the Stone Lace” and then the Hall of Marvels. The length of the walk throughout the cavern is of about 1100 meters.

This site is particularly interesting; it is worth being seen.

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HISTRIA ROMANIA

On the Sinoe lakeside at a distance of 500 “stadia” from the Istros sacred mouth (as Strabo specifies it), there lay “Histria City”, the first Greek settlement on the western shore of the Black Sea and the most ancient town on Romania's territory.

Founded in about the middle of the 7^th century B.C. (more specifically the year 657 B.C. according to the historian Eusebius) by colonists coming from Milet. The city had known an uninterrupted growth for 1300 years, from the Greek period until the Roman – Byzantine epoque. During the 7^th century A.D., the city was destroyed by the Avar – Slavs attacks and gradually adandoned by its inhabitants.

Archaeological excavations, started from early 1914 revealed, besides the precincts' remains, a series of remarkable monuments dating from different epoques of the city's existence. As to the Greek period, we can notice the “sacred area” including the Zeus and Aphrodite Temples as well as remains of houses situated on the plateau where there was the civilian settlement. From the Imperial Roman period (the 2^nd and 3^rd centuries A.D.) date the city's thermal baths and the street network system. Most of the monuments belong to the Roman – Byzantine epoque (the 4^th - 6^th centuries A.D.) and they are situated inside the later city : civilian or palaeochristian basilicae, public squares, shops, residential districts (domus) or economical quarters.

The excavations also offered a rich archaeological material of which the greatest part (remarkable archaeological fragments) is shown in the city museum : sculptures, reliefs, building materials, inscriptions, Greek and Roman pottery, glassware, metal goods.

LATE AUTUMN CONSTANTA ROMANIA

It is possible that a late autumn day to stay indoors. Outside are quite a few degrees, little wind blows in the park. Trees almost shook the leaves were already yellowing. Lake water is quiet, amateur fishermen fish (who knows why), and children running through the place arranged for them.
Let's enjoy the hot days of the end of autumn and admiring nature!