Bran castle

Bran castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania
•This is a picture of Bran Castle wich is considered the castle of vampire Count Dracula. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. The castle is famous because of persistent myths that it had been the home of Vlad the Impaler. According to most accounts, the Impaler spent two days in the Bran dungeon, as the area was occupied by Ottoman Empire at the time.
The castle is now a museum open to tourists, displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. Tourists can see the interior individually or by a guided tour. At the bottom of the hill is a small open air museum park exhibiting traditional Romanian peasant structures (cottages, barns, etc.) from across the country.
The castle was first used in 1378 in defence against the Ottoman Empire, and later became a customs post on the mountain pass between Transylvania and Wallachia. The castle briefly belonged to Mircea the Elder of Wallachia. Vlad Ţepeş did not actually live in the Bran Castle, it is believed he spent two days locked in the dungeon while the Ottomans controlled Transylvania .
•From 1920 the castle became a royal residence within the Kingdom of Romania. It was the principal home of Queen Marie, and is decorated largely with artefacts from her time, including traditional furniture and tapestries that she collected to highlight Romanian crafts and skills.

Bucharest- Village Museum

Village Museum nestled along Herastrau Lake, there are 85 peasant homes, barns, churches and mills transported from all over Romania. The overall impression is that Romanian peasants take great pride in their work and homes. This museum can take a whole day to explore and, in fine weather families settle down for picnic lunch in the scenic grounds.

Bucharest- Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph initially built in wood, in 1896, to celebrate the royal wedding between Prince Ferdinand and Queen Maria. Made of stone in 1922, in the memory of the victory of Romanian army in the World War I and finished in the actual shape during 1935, of Deva granite.
Standing 25 metres high, the Arc has a staircase that allows visitors to climb to the terrace on the top of the monument. The sculptures that decorate the monument were created by leading artists of the day, including Ion Jalea, Constantin Medrea and Constantin Baraschi.

Romanian presentation- Bucharest- the capital

Bucharest is the capital of Romania and in the same time it is the biggest town, industrial and commercial centre of our country.
Bucharest is a very interesting European city, and between the two World Wars, because of its fashionable arhitecture it was named by many writers as being “ The Little Paris”.

Romanian presentations

Dear all please in the following lines you can see some presentations with places from Romania made by our students.

Romania, situated in the vicinity of Central Europe has Central European characteristics of climate and vegetation.
The Danube and the Carpathian Arch assure a closer link to Western and Central Europe. Both The Danube and the Carpathian Arch offer very beautiful touristic destinations.

Comenius Corner

Dear partners we have just finished our Comenius Corner for the Project and soon we will post some pictures. In that Comenius Corner we will exhibit all our work made during the project

Comenius 1 Project in our school

Dear all, we, Colegiul Agricol "Viaceslav Harnaj", want to inform you that our school will be involved in the following two years in a Multilateral Comenius 1 project. The project is named" What we are what we hope we will be". In the project will have partners 7 schools from European countries like: Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Norway, Portugal, Italy and Turkey.

Newsletters in English with a short presentation about Comenius 1 project from the Lifelong Learning Programme called: What we are what we hope we will be"http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeIwjTd_quSSZGZuZmZyYjNfMjMxdHh6cnhuZHQ&hl=en