Romania marks 70 years of UNESCO membership on Monday. On 27 July 1956, the country became a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), joining the international effort to protect and promote the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Over the past seven decades, Romania has strengthened its presence within UNESCO through…
Romania’s cultural heritage includes over 1,400 wooden churches constructed before 1918, according to a report by PressOne, supported by the National Historic Cultural Tourism Program “Attractive Romania.” These wooden churches are almost evenly distributed throughout the country, although the figures might suggest otherwise: 650 in Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, and Maramureș ~500 in Muntenia, Oltenia, and…
A tourist-cultural route of wooden churches in Romania was officially launched on Tuesday, October 27, at an event dedicated to the protection and cultural valorization of the historical monument of the wooden church in Valea Crișului, Bihor County. The event was attended by representatives of the local public administrations registered in the cultural route and…
His Grace Bishop Justin and his auxiliary bishop Timotei of Satmar joined young people in a pilgrimage entitled ‘The Was of the Wooden Cathedrals of Maramures’ organized by the diocese from August 16 to August 20, 2019. The event gathered 50 young people from Baia Mare with outstanding learning outcomes or who have made a…
