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Old 05-20-2013, 12:58 AM
 
Location: Romania
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I will put here videos found on Youtube, Vimeo and other video-hosting wesbites with landscapes, roads and settlements (cities, villages) of Romania.
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Old 05-20-2013, 01:04 AM
 
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From Izvoru Mureșului / Marosfő to Lăzarea / Gyergyószárhegy. This is in Székely Land, a majoritary - Hungarian enclave in the middle of Romania. Is inhabited by Székely People, a branch of Hungarians with a disputed origin.








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Old 05-20-2013, 01:10 AM
 
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From Vatra Dornei to Bicaz, Northern Moldavia. The video is some years old, now the road was modernized










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Old 05-20-2013, 01:15 AM
 
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Ski in Rodna Mountains. This range is a national park and Unesco Biosphere Reserve of 567 km² with brown bears, lynx, gray wolves, black capercaillies and eagles.
















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Old 05-20-2013, 01:20 AM
 
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Târgu Mureș / Marosvásárhely / Neumarkt am Mieresch - population 127,849 - 52.0% Romanians, 44.9% Hungarians, 2.5% Roma is the main Székely settlement.











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Old 05-20-2013, 01:22 AM
 
Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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Hungarian enclave in the middle of Romania. Is inhabited by Székely People, a branch of Hungarians with a disputed origin.
Odd...if you know they're Hungarian, it doesn't seem as though their origin is in dispute, because it would be Hungary I'm guessing...
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Old 05-20-2013, 01:22 AM
 
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Rucăr - Bran Corridor is a pass between Wallachia and Transylvania. The villages here have as main occupation shepherding, with complex and well maintaned traditions. In recent years, it was a growth in tourism in the area.
























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Old 05-20-2013, 01:23 AM
 
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Sibiu / Hermannstadt / Nagyszeben












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Old 05-20-2013, 01:26 AM
 
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BTW, do you have any video of the pikes Vlad the Impaler used to scare foreigners?
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Old 05-20-2013, 01:38 AM
 
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BTW, do you have any video of the pikes Vlad the Impaler used to scare foreigners?
There are no preserved such artefacts. There are some modern, kitschy impaled human models at Poenari Castle (which was Țepeș's real castle). They don't appear in video:






Poenari Castle











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