Romania Background Information on Romania People have been

Romania

Background Information on Romania People have been living here since the dawn of man Surrounding country’s: Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova Romanian is an Eastern Romance language spoken by approximately 24– 26 million people as a native language, primarily in Romania and Moldova hot summers, long cold winters, and distinct seasons 1947 Romania fell under communism rule 1989 revolution resulted in Romania adopting a democratic republic Old traditions: Bucharest of the Old(a celebration of the country as it was 150 years ago), Christmas is huge lasting December 20 th-January 7 th Romanian Orthodox Church represents 87% of the population and is the second largest Eastern Orthodox Church in the world.

Interesting Facts Most beautiful waterfall in the world Ninth largest wine producer in the world Timisoara became the first city of Europe to have electric street lighting in 1889 The city of Brasov is home to the largest Gothic church between Vienna, Austria and Istanbul, Turkey. One of the largest underground glacier,

What lead to our unique aspect? When looking over the history of Romania the country has been very wishy-washy over representing vampires. In recent years vampire’s have increased in popularity in the media, could this lead to more tourism in the country? The original vampire: Bram Stoker wrote a fictional story based off the evil Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler). A genuine epidemic of "vampirism" had hit Eastern Europe at the end of the 17 th century and continued throughout the 18 th century. The number of reported cases soared dramatically, especially in the Balkans. Then, the epidemic traveled west to Germany, Italy, France, England Spain. Travelers returning from the East would tell stories about the undead, which helped keep the interest in vampires alive. Western philosophers and artists tackled the issue ever more often The epidemic has spread to the United States due to popular use in teen media. This has also lead to certain criminal acts involving drinking of others blood in order to gain immortality

Unique Qualities During communist censorship, the government blocked out any information about vampires. Originally, Romania did not want to associate themselves with vampires as they saw it as disrespect to an old ruler. Once Romania allowed international people to travel there, vampire enthusiast took every opportunity to see the places that inspired Stoker to write his novel, this is known as ‘literary tourism’. The issue was due to censorship hardly any Romanian’s knew about the myth. 31 vampire movies (according to a quick google search) have been made since 2000