The Maritime Cemetery Of Sulina
I enter Sulina as one would enter a myth; that is to say, I have that feeling of chimerical quality, of life heightened into memory. The ship sets anchor, therefore I find myself at Sulina, the gateway to the Delta, watching the white countenance of the town, the neatly
The Delta Danube Landscape In The Patrimony Of The Art Museum In Tulcea
The Art Museum Institute for Ecomuseum Research in Tulcea The Tulcea County Museum, established in 1950, was – almost naturally – a heterogeneous structure, whose painting collection contained the works of a single artist: Geo Cardaş, a local painter who depicted
Autumn Survey
My dear friends, I have arrived safe and sound at Portiţa. That's what the people from around here call it: Portiţa, not Gura Portiţei (at the barracks in Tulcea I saw some maps upon which other variations were written: Protiţcaja and Portisza Mündung; rather odd,
Spoonbills
At times, in vernal Romania, one may observe large birds migrating in triangular formation, high above towns, in a north-westerly direction. Their elongated necks remind one of our storks, still – the swift, fast propelling pinion flaps make one acknowledge a different
Unraveling The Delta's Treasure
excerpts Whether you travel through the Delta on water, or view it from the air (from a helicopter or a plane), the reed is the dominant element of the landscape. It occupies a foremost position in the Delta's treasure, and constitutes an immense source of richness.
The Book Of The Danube
excerpt Further down from Isaccea, at Ceatal, the Delta begins, as the Danube splits into the Chilia Arm, which flows along the Bessarabian bank. Downstream, after Tulcea, there is another Ceatal, whence the Danube splits in two: the Sulina Arm and the St George Arm. Let
The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DDBR)
The Danube Delta is one of the most extensive deltas of the European continent and, at the same time, Europe's best-conserved wetland. The Danube Delta's ecosystems, which are of a mosaic type, diverse and discontinuously distributed, create a unique setting compared
Proud Dislikes
Just like all the other peoples, when they don't hate them outright, many Romanians have less than a high opinion of their neighbors: Bulgarians are seen as coarse – but resourceful – vegetable growers, Hungarians – as bloodthirsty (but proud, hardworking, reliable)
20 Ways To Love Thy Neighbor
The evolution of the traditions, cross-influences and mutual borrowings of the Romanians' centuries-old cohabitation with the 20-odd national minorities is worth looking into because it may offer spectacular surprises. Owing to the blend of very different nationalities
Glasul Bucovinei Nr. 3-4 (83-84)/2014
Numărul se deschide cu tradiţionalul Dialog cu bucovinenii. Interlocutorul prof. univ. dr. Ilie Luceac este, de această dată, tânărul interpret bucovinean de muzică populară Ilie Caraş. Pentru Ucraina, anul 2014 a fost anul neliniştilor noastre. Morala minciunii
Glasul Bucovinei Nr. 1 (85)/2015
Evenimentele din Ucraina, care se desfăşoară sub privirile îngrijorate ale întregii lumi şi care vizează integritatea teritorială, independenţa şi suveranitatea ţării, pot avea consecinţe grave, în primul rând, pentru ţările din sud-estul european. Anul