2. Location
• Romania is located in
Europe and borders
the Black Sea
• Bordering countries
include: Hungary,
Ukraine, Moldova,
Bulgaria, and
Yugoslavia
6. Capital: Bucharest
• The largest city in the country
• Industrial, cultural, and financial center of
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•
Romania
1,944,367 people in the city
The sixth largest city in the European Union
7. Peles Castle
• Located in the western Bucegi
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mountains (an hour away from
Bucharest)
Built by King Carol 1 in the 19th
century as the royal family's
summer home
Has many historical artifacts
8. Bran Castle
• Vlad Dracula's medieval fortress castle
• Built in 1377 to protect nearby Brasov
from invaders
• Wasn’t often used by Dracula
9. The Black Sea
• Has an area of
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422,000 km²
Maximum depth is
2,210 m
Most important
river that flows into
the Black Sea is
the Danube River.
10. Mamaia Beach
• Biggest seaside tourism
resort in Romania
• Located near Constanta
city
• Erosion is a problem at the
beach
• Has had harsh storms in
the past
11. Putna Monastery
• Romanian Orthodox
• Built in medieval Moldavia, by Prince
Stephan the Great, in 1466
• It was rebuilt in 1653
12. Cuisine
• Influences come from: Turkey,
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Greece, and Bulgaria
Most popular dishes are:
-musaca
-ghiveci
- ardei umpluţi
13. Language: Romanian
• Spoken by 24 to 28 million people
• It’s a Romance Language
• Has an official status in: Romania,
Republic of Moldova, and the
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in
Serbia.