• Barsana, 1720, dedication day – Virgin Mary’s Entrance in the Church has a rectangular plan with a five sides abse, bellfry on the pronave and roof with a double hem.

• Budesti – Josani,1643, dedication day – Sfantul Nicolae (St. Nicholas) has a rectangular plan with a separated polygonal abse and mural paintings since 1762
• Desesti, 1770,dedication day – Cuvioasa Paraschiva (The Pious Paraschiva) was mentioned for the first time in 1360, paintings by master Radu Munteanu in 1780. It has a collection of icons on wood from the 17th century, and on glass since the 19th century.
• Ieud, church, 1717, dedication day – Virgin Mary; rectangular plan with a polygonal cutout abse; roof with a double hem.
• Sisesti, Plopis village, 1796, dedication day – Sfintii Arhangheli (the Holy Archangels); rectangular plan with a cutout abse; porch on the western side; avery high bellfry.
• Poienile Izei, 1604,dedication day – Cuvioasa Paraschiva has a rectangular plan with a square abse of the shrine; to the west a porch with wooden pillars; a mural painting since 1794.
• Targu Lapus, Rogoz Village, 1663, dedication day – Sfintii Arhangheli; put on fire by Tartars and rebuilt in 1717, it is remarkable due to the beauty of the silhouette and the decoration; mural paintings made by many masters in the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century.
• Sisesti, Surdesti village, 1767, dedication day – Sfintii Arhangheli; the church was made from oak-tree beams on a stone-made foundation; the tower, 54 m in height, is guarded by four little towers; interior paintings since the 18th century.

The monuments from Moldavia (including Bucovina) were listed in 1993 in the UNESCO world heritage:

• Arbore,dedication day – The Decapitation of St. John the Baptiser; was built in 1503 by Boyar Luca Arbore; it has a longitudinal plan with no tower; two niches in the wall as abses are to be found in the nave; a large abse for the alms table is to be found outside (this feature appears only in a single other church); painting since 1541.
• Humor,dedication day – Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Sf. Gheorghe (St. George); was built in 1530 by boyard Toader Bubuiog, on the foundation of a 14th century settlement. It has no tower. An harmonious architecture. It has a vault and an open porch – the first from the Moldavian architecture. The exterior painting has as main theme, Constantinoples siege.
• Moldovita, dedication day – the Annunciation; was rebuilt by Voivode Petru Rares on an older foundation; it is one of the most important monuments from the old Romanian art; mural paintings since 1537, both inside and outside; the main theme – Constantinoples siege
• Patrauti,dedication day – the Holy Cross; was built by Steven the Great in 1487; small sizes but well-proportioned; a tricon plan with a tower on the nave; it uses an element specific to the Moldavian architecture – the oblique archways; the interior painting is extremely valuable – the portay of the founders reveals the „the Deploration” and „The Cavalcade of the military saints” scenes.
• Probota, dedication day – Sf. Nicolae; was founded by Petru Rares in 1530; the interior painting (restored) and the exterior (destroyed) since 1532; it is a representative piece of architecture for Moldavia’s 16th century
• Suceava, dedication day – Sf. Gheorghe; built in 1514-1522; remarkable mural paintings; on the exterior facades, fragments of painting can be seen; the silver tomb of Sf. Ion cel Nou.
• Sucevita.It is the newer among the painted churches/ monasteries from the north of the country. It was built by Movila brothers between 1583 and 1586. The plan of the church is specific to that period: pronave, nave and shrine, to which a porch and a vault are added. The church is impressive due to the richness of the painted decoration, both inside and outside, and due to the elegance of the shapes.
• Voronet, dedication day – Sf Gheorghe; built by Steven the Great in 1488; it has a tricon style with a tower on the nave; original paintings in the nave; a close porch and the exterior paintings (the famous blue of Voronet) date since 1547; the main theme of the painting – the Doomsday.

Saxon sites with strengthened churches in Transylvania gathers seven monuments listed in 1993, and 1999, in the UNESCO world heritage:

• Biertan, a hall-type church, 1492-1515; late Gothic with Renaissance elements on some portals; the pulpit sculptured in stone is one of the most important Transylvanian sculptures; a precious polyptych shrine made in 1483-1524; the door to the shire room is considered a masterpiece.
• Calnic was first certified in the 13th century. It has a strong parallelepiped donjon, mentioned in 1270, called Siegfried’s Tower; a peasant fortress arranged in the 15th – 16th centuries.
• Darjiu – an Unitarian hall-type church; the 14th – 15th centuries; it was strengthened in the 16th century; it has very valuable interior mural paintings.
• Prejmer, the strongest peasant fortress in Transylvania; the Evangelist Church – an early Gothic with Cistercian influences built in 1250; it has a cross-like plan; a valuable polyptych shrine; Baroque decorations; fragments of mural paintings both inside and outside.
• Saschiz, the Evangelist Church 1493-1496; it is remarkable due to the way the building was strengthened; plan with a single hall; an oblong quire and polygonal abse.
• Viilor Valley, Sf. Petru Church, the 13th century; extended and strengthened in the 15th – 16th centuries; the church looks like a strong tower, strengthened and surrounded by strong strengthened walls.
• Viscri built in the end of the 16th century; it has a double precinct; the Evangelist Church in Gothic style; it suffered many changes in the 15th – 17th centuries.

Dacian fortresses in Orastie Mountains.

• Blidaru (Costesti Blidaru),a fortress from the 2nd century b.C. – 106 a.C. It was a permanent residence of the Dacian King Burebista. The fortress has two neighbors precincts with walls built in limestone blocks; it is surrounded by a clay wall.
• Capalna, Dacian fortress located on La Cetate cliff, 610 m altitude.
• Costesti, a fortress with defense towers placed on Cetatuia Hill (561m altitude).
• Luncani Piatra Rosie. A Dacian stone-made fortress located, today, in Bosorod Village. It has five towers and a gate since the 1st century b.C. and the 1st century a.C.; it was destroyed after the Dacian-Roman War in 106; discovered objects: an iron sword of Celtic origin; the cover of a parade shield; a Bronze chandelier.
• Sarmizegetusa Regia – Gradistea de Munte. The former political, administrative and military capital of the Dacian State from the end of the 1st century b.C. and the beginning of the 1st century a.C.. It was one of the largest refuge fortresses in Transylvania.
• Horezu Monastery (Horez, Hurez) was included on the list of the world heritage in 1999. It is the largest Medieval monument preserved in Vlacchia. It was Voivode Constantin Brancoveanu’s main foundation. The monument includes many buildings as the church (1690-1693). It has a triconic plan with the tower on the nave and pronave. It also has a large porch with archways supported by ten stone-made pillars, sculptured in Renaissance motives. The portray of the founder reveals the Voivode and his family. The other buildings (the bellfry, the chapel, the trapeze) impress through the beauty and the ellegance of the shapes.
• Sighisoara historic center is the most beautiful and complete Medieval urban center in Romania. The fortress dates since the 14th – 17th centuries – narrow streets, brick-made massive houses, a defense walls and towers belt. The most interesting tower – the Clock Tower or the Council’s Tower. Important monuments: the church of the monastery (the 13th – 15th centuries); Biserica din deal (the 14th – 16th century); the house where Vlad Dracul lived, and Vlat Tepes (the Impaler) was born.
• The Danube Delta. The newest and lowest territory of Romania with a relief permanently under change. It is the second largest delta in Europe. The minimum altitude is –36 m on Chilia Arm, and the maximum +13 m on the dunes from Letea Sand Bank.
  With a surface of 2.590 km2, the Danube Delta includes both dry land (about 15% from the surface at a normal level of those three arms of the Danube, which transformed and cross it) and swamps with lakes and streams.
  The main arms of the Danube – Chilia, Sulina and Sf. Gheorghe – are the results of the water separation at Ceatalul Izmail (Chilia in Chilia Arm, Tulcea Arm, this last one being divided at Ceatalul Sf. Gheorghe in Sulina Arm and Sf. Gheorghe Arm).

• national parks – 298,465 ha (23.82%): Rodna Mountains, Ceahlau Mountains, Bicazului-Hasmas Gorge, Macinului Mountains, Piatra Craiului Mountains, Cozia Mountains, Retezat Mountains, Domogled-Valea Cernei Mountains, Nera Gorge – Beusnita Gorge, Semenic – Caras Gorge etc.

• natural parks – 312,378 ha (30.25%): Vanatori-Neamt, Balta Mica a Brailei, Bucegi Mountains, Gradistea Muncelului – Cioclovina in Sebes Mountains, Portile de Fier, Apuseni Mountains. Bucegi Mountains and Apuseni Mountains offers the best conditions for active tourism (hiking and climbing trips, climbing, mountain bike – especially in Apuseni Mountains, speleology, mountain skiing). They are all included in the UNESCO world heritage. Portile de Fier area is impressive through the historic testimonies and the gorgeous natural potential offered by Mehedinti Mountains (speleology).
• biosphere reserve – 645,313 ha, 580,000 ha in the Danube Delta (45.93%): the Danube Delta, Retezat Mountains, Rodna Mountains .
• scientific reserves – 100.217 ha.
• monuments of nature – 2.174,8 ha.
• natural reserves – 122,569 ha, on different domains: speologic reserves, complex reserves, fauna reserves, geomorfic reserves etc.

Soon, other 6 natural parks (179,000 ha ) and 42 natural reserves will be constituted.

In Romania, the access in the protected areas is free, excepting some strictly protected ecological areas where the access is either limited or prohibited.

Flora and fauna species protected by law are added to all these. The best examples are: Pietrii Craiului pink (Dianthus callizonus), edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), orchid (Nigritella rubra), globe flower (Trollius europaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), lynx (Lynx lynx), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), bison (Bison bonasus).

• Arbore, village in Suceava County.
  The parochial church was first a chapel built by boyard Luca Arbore to dedication day – the Baptist’s Beheading. This choice was somehow prophetic since the founder of the church died in the same manner a short time after he built the monument, at the order of the young Voivode Stefanita. The church was built in 1503 (between April 2 and August 29), and painted in 1541, by the team of Dragos Coman, an Iasi church painter. The painting amazes due to the perfect details with elements of flamboyant Gothic and of early Italian Renaissance. The extraordinary persistence of the blue pigment used by the painter is to be noticed here. The large niche from the western facade, met only at Reuseni, also draws attention at Arborei
• Humor, Suceava County
  The church from today’s monastery was built in 1530 by boyard Toader Bubuiog, and painted in 1535 by master Toma’s team, also known as Toma from Humor. The porch with two archways slightly broken, placed in the western part of the church is typical of the monument. The angels painted on the vault of the pro-nave (the space in front of the nave), and the Virgin with the Baby Jesus from the superior side of the entrance door are remarkable pieces of art. The portraits of the founders painted on the nave are also famous. A spectacular belfry, built by Vasile Lupu, in 1641, rises near the church.
• Moldovita, Vatra Moldovitei Village, Suceava County
  The modern-day church of Moldovita Monastery with dedication day the Annunciation, was founded by Petru Rares, in 1532. People say that the painting was made in 1537 by master Toma’s team. The chromatic became famous since the red color was prevalent even more than in Voronet or Arbore. The church has a triconical plan, being developed on longitudinal lines. On the exterior, those three abses – one of the shrine, and two of the nave – are decorated with paintings representing the Prayer of all the Saints. Classical culture representatives are added to them, considered the forerunners of Christianity: Pitagora, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, and the Sybills. The frescoes from the southern facade are also well-preserved. To the west, the entrance is opened through a porch with five archways: three to the west, and only one to the north and south.
• Rasca, Suceava County
  It was founded by Petru Rares, in 1542, and painted in 1552 by Stamatello Cotronas, an artist of Greek origin. The look today with two towers and an unusually long plan was achieved as a result of extension work since 1611 – 1617. In those times, the Chief of Police Costea Bacioc ordered the building of a huge exonartex, doubling the interior space. Rasca was in the 19th century an exile place for 1848 revolutionaries such as Alecu Russo, Mihail Kogalniceanu and C. Negruzzi. They say that the last two wrote here their famous cook-book, dreaming of the once-so- rich feasts.
• Sucevita, Suceava County
  Sucevita Monastery is the biggest, the newest and, at the same time, the best preserved among Bucovina’s painted churches. First, it amazes visitors through its indestructible fortress look. The construction works started in 1581 upon the order of the ambitious Movila brothers – Ieremia, Simeon and Gheorghe (the first two future voivodes, the third a metropolitan bishop.). The church was painted in 1596 by the brothers Ioan and Sofronie, but the construction works continued until 1601. The painting called Sf. Ioan Scararu’s Virtues Staircase gives Sucevita its personality.
  A royal necropolis, Sucevita shelters the Movilescu family’s tombs, as well as their portraits. A stone sculptured as a feminine face is inserted in one of the north-western tower corners, to the exterior side of the precinct. Despite the inability of the artist, it is important as an exception in the Orthodox space usually hostile to three-dimensional images.
• Voronet, Suceava County
  Dedicated to Sf. Mare Mucenic Gheorghe from Voronet Monastery, the church was founded by Steven the Great, in 1488, and painted during the same reign. It was extended by adding an exonartex, and painted inside during Petru Rares’s reign, the natural son of the first founder. Voronet became famous among those fond of Medieval art for two important features of its painting: the prevalent color is blue, got from a pigment still unknown today, and the scene representing the Doomsday is spectacular, being displayed on the entire western wall, uninterrupted by any kind of holes, doors or windows. Beyond these beauties generously revealed, Voronet hides also the treasure of paintings from Steven the Great’s times. Among them is a portrait of the Voivode .

Others Churches with Exterior Paintings

• Patrauti, Suceava County
  St. Cross Church is one of the most representative monuments, being the first of Steven the Great’s foundations (1487). It has a simple triconic plan, and preserves on the western facade traces from the Doomsday scene. But its fame is conferred by a scene painted in the pronave, that is not only rare, but also well painted – the Cavalcade of the Holy Cross
• Probota, Probota Village, Dolhasca Community, Suceava County
  Petru Rares built here, in 1530, a new monastery near the ruins of an older church. He gave to the new monument the same dedication day as the ancient one – St. Nicholas. The church, Princely necropolic, has a triconic plan, and had paintings both inside and outside. The interior was restored, and the old look, the beautiful painting from the Rares reign, was recovered, after the removal of the newer fresco. The personality of this monument is given by a scene that covers the entire exonartex vault (a semi-cylindrical recalling the Sistine Chapel in Vatican).
• Sfantu Ilie,near Suceava
  The church was built in 1488, resembling Voronet, another Steven the Great foundation. The interior fresco, contemporary to the building, is well preserved. There are also traces of the exterior painting from 1632-1653, during Varlaam metropolitan bishop times.
• Sfantul Gheorghe (1514-1522), Suceava
  The edifice is also known as Sf. Ioan cel Nou from Suceava Monastery, since the bones of this merchant from Trebzon are to be found here. He was declared martyr at Cetatea Alba, and, later, canonized, with the people’s devotion building him a real cult. The church of the monastery preserves interior paintings still un-restored, and important traces of exterior fresco, on the southern wall

The Fortified Churches

• Bazna, Sibiu County
  The current monument, which started from a Romanic church from the 13th century, owes its look to the subsequent intervention. Among other changes, it got the today’s over-raised quire with a defensive role. The stone tabernacle dates from 1504
• Balcaciu (Jidvei Village), Alba County
  A Saxon fortified church from the 14th –15th centuries. It is impressive due to the dimension of the quire with a surveillance road. From those two concentric precincts with bastions, only the exterior one was preserved. From the 14th century a bell is preserved with a scene in relief representing Samson’s fight with the lion
• Biertan,Sibiu County
  The hall church is included into the late Gothic period (1492-1524), being covered with a network of vauls. A polyptych shrine (1515-1524). A pulpit with stone baso-relief (1523). A chapel for those who remained Catholics after the Reform was adopted by the Saxon natives is still preserved on the first floor of another tower. The chapel displays mural paintings. The monument has three strong precincts, the most representative of this type of construction
• Carta, Harghita County
  A Roman Catholic church that looks like a hall. It was built in a late Gothic style, at the end of the 14th century. The vaults are decorated with reliefs.
• Cincu, Brasov County
  A strong church which was initially, in the 13th century, a Romanic basilica with a central tower on the western side. The vaults system and the abse were changed in accordance with the Gothic style. The shrine has as its main theme St. Apostle Thomas, and has its origins in Mosna. The defensive system used to have two concentric precincts. Today, only fragments from this system have survived.
• Cisnadie, Sibiu County
  The Evangelist Church is a 12th century basilica with three halls separated by masonry pillars. The monument was transformed during the 15th century, when it received a defense system with two circular belts strengthened with towers and a water ditch. On the southern side, religious objects with great artistic value made by Transylvanian artists were discovered during the 20th century. Today, the pieces are in Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu.
• Cisnadioara, Sibiu County
  The oldest Romanic church preserved in our country (mentioned since 1223, before the dreadful Tartar invasion from 1241-1242). It is a basilica with three short halls, separated by masonry pillars. The quire has a gorgeous vault with a Romanic cross shape. The church has Romanic portals on the west, south and north sides. The western portal (around 1260) is fascinating. The western facade is interesting from the architectural point of view, being a possible model for the later facade s from Valachia. It has a single strong precinct
• Cloasterf, Mures County
  The hall church has an un-separated quire and abse. On top of them a defense system with a guarded road was built. The quadrilateral precinct has corner towers. The church was finished in 1523
• Cristian, Brasov County
  The Evangelist church, basilica-type, with three halls and a western tower, dating from the 13th century. It is possible that the church was built with the help of the Cistercian monks. The peasant fortress located near the church dates from the 16th century
• Cristian, Sibiu County
  The church, initially Romanic, was rebuilt in a Gothic style. The quire is guarded by two chapels. The strong church with two concentric precincts and towers dates from the 16th century
• Dealu Frumos, Sibiu County
  The Romanic church with three halls from the 13th century was changed into a Gothic hall church, in the 15th century. The western tower was arranged as a strengthened area, while on the quire a tower with defensive functions was built. The defensive wall has corner towers
• Drauseni, Brasov County
  The former Romanic basilica (the 13th century), it was changed in a Gothic style and endowed with a defensive system in the 15th century. It has paintings from the 14th century with scenes from St. Ecaterina from Alexandria’s life.
• Harman, Brasov County
  A basilica with three halls and a belfry to the west (the 13th century). The oval precinct has square towers. In the funerary chapel, Gothic mural paintings from 1460-1470 are to be found. They reproduce the Doomsday events. The strengthened precinct from the 15th – 16th centuries includes, as well as the precinct of the church from Prejmer, rooms for all the families in the village. They served as refuges in times of siege. Other rooms of the same kind were added directly to the church
• Homorod, Brasov County
  A peasant fortress with a double precinct (the 15th – 16th centuries) was built around the church during the 13th century. In its turn, it was also strengthened. In the quire, mural paintings are to be found.
• Hosman, Sibiu County
  A peasant fortress with a double precinct (the 15th – 16th centuries) was built around the church during the 13th century. In its turn, it was also strengthened. In the quire, mural paintings are to be found.
• Ighisul Nou, Sibiu County
  A strengthened church, placed in the middle of the village and surrounded by a defensive precinct in the 16th century. It is impressive due to the dimensions of the western tower, which has the same width as the church nave. On top of the quire, the defensive features include the guarded road and the fire pipes. The western portal is one of the many stone elements artistic sculptured.
• Medias, Sibiu County
  In the Middle Age, it was one of the most important Saxon towns on the Tarnava Mare Valley. The Castle was built between the 14th and 15th centuries, around Sf. Margareta Church, a Gothic basilica with three halls and a tower that dominates the town. Gothic mural paintings are preserved inside the church, as is a polyptych shrine made by the Viennese School, and a precious Bronze font from the 14th century
• Miercurea Sibiului, Sibiu County
  In the beginning Romanic, the church was transformed in accordance with the Baroque style with a strengthened oval precinct with fire pipes and devices meant to deflect the melted ta
• Mosna, Sibiu County
  The church architecture follows the late Gothic style (1480-1486). The frames are extremely beautiful. The strengthened precinct includes an older Gothic chapel, built perhaps in the 14th century. The belfry is impressive.
• Prejmer, Brasov County
  Work on the basilica seems to have been started by the Theuton Knights during their short stay in Barsa Country, and finished by the local Saxon community. It was built in a Cistercian Gothic style (around 1250). The polyptych shrine is the oldest in Transylvania. The pulpit is small and reveals paintings from the 18th century. Around the church, the peasant fortress was built in a circular manner (the 15th – 16th centuries) with a guarded road and fire pipes. On the inside, it has rooms positioned on three floors, able to offer shelter, during a siege, for the entire community, and in the peaceful times to keep the food of each family.
• Seica Mica, Sibiu County
  Gothic Basilica from the 14th century was restored and strengthened around 1500. It has a double precinct, an over-raised strengthened quire, and fire pipes. The western tower was strengthened, while access was through a barbacana.
• Valea Viilor (Vorumloc), Sibiu County
  Sf. Petru Church dates from the 13th century, but it suffered many changes in the 15th – 16th centuries, when a double defense system was added. Both the western tower, and the over-raised quire dominate the surrounding buildings. The edifice was built in a late Gothic style (the 16th century). The shrine, the font and the rest of the pews are from the 18th century. The church is the hall type.
• Viscri, Sibiu County
  The fortress church dominates a peak from the edge of the village. Romanic traces are revealed by elements of Romanic paintings still preserved inside the church. The precinct is strengthened with towers and defensive bastions

The Wooden Churches

The wooden churches are not limited only to Maramures area, but cover almost all the country, from Banat and Crisana (the western part of Romania) to Transylvania (center), Moldavia and Bucovina (in the east), going down to the south in Oltenia and Valachia. The migration of the churches is also an important matter. Certain monuments are moved twice, three and even four times from a newly rich village to a poorer one.

• Adancata, Suceava County
  Sf. Dumitru Church: rectangular plan, the abse of the shrine is polygonal and separated (typical elements for the wooden churches). It undeerwent important changes in the 18th and 19th centuries when it received two porches.
• Baica, Salaj County
  Sf. Arhangheli (St. Archangels) Church was built in 1645. It has a belfry with a watchtower on the pronave. The sculptured ornaments and the paintings date from the 18th century
• Balan, Salaj County
  Two wooden churches important due to their architecture: Sfintii Arhangheli from Joseni (1695), and Adormirea Maicii Domnului (Assumption of the Virgin) from Cricova (the 17th century).
• Balesti (near Targu Jiu), Gorj County
  Sfintii Arhangheli wooden church (1679) is considered one of the most important buildings of this kind in Oltenia. The paintings date from 1679, and 1736
• Borsa, Maramures County
  Sfintii Arhangheli Church (1700) is considered one of the most beautiful wooden churches in Romania. The western porch is absolutely amazing. It has a roof with a double hem. The decorations in wood and the mural paintings date from 1775
• Bradet, Buntesti Village, Bihor County
  Sf. Ioan Teologul (St. John the Theologist) wooden church (1733) is one of the best made in the country. It has a rectangular plan, and a separate abse. The entrance door, placed on the western faCade, reproduces in wood a Gothic portal
• Bradicesti, Dolhesti Village, Iasi County
  The Annunciation wooden church was built between 1692 and 1694. It has a rectangular plan and shrine. The paintings are from the 19th century.
• Calinesti, Arges County
  A wooden church with a double dedication day – Sf. Gheorghe and Sf. Dumitru, 1720-1740. It is attractive due to the sculptured decoration of the pillars and frames
• Campofeni, Gorj County
  Sf. Nicolae Church, 1708-1710. Mural painting since the end of the 19th century. Gorgeous decoration in wood.
• Cizer, Salaj County
  A wooden church built in 1773 by Ion Necula Ursu’s (Horea) team of moti (Oas natives). It has a perimetral porch. Due to its tremendous value, the monument was moved to the Ethnographic Museum in Cluj
• Corund, Satu Mare County
  Sfintii Arhangheli wooden church, 1723, a rectangular plan, a polygonal separated abse, a belfry with a watch-tower on the pronave, and porches on the western and southern sides
• Dragomiresti, Maramures County
  Adormirea Maicii Domnului (the Assumption of the Virgin) church, built in 1722, can be admired at the Village Museum in Bucharest. It has a rectangular plan, a polygonal separated abse, and a large porch.
• Feresti, Maramures County
  Sf. Nicolae Church was built at the end of the 17th century (the 18th century) from oak wood beams. The painting was restored in the 19th century. The nave is rectangular with a polygonal separated abse
• Fildul de Sus, Salaj County
  It is considered one of the most beautiful pieces of art in Romania. The plan is rectangular, while the abse is separated and the belfry extremely high. The 18th century.
• Igoiu, Alunu Village, Valcea County
  Cuvioasa Paraschiva Church (1652) has a rectangular plan, and a polygonal abse. It has a porch on the western side.
• Jercalai, Urlati town, Prahova County
  Sf Arhangheli Mihai and Gavril Church. Built in 1731 near Reghin town, the church was turned by Queen Mary into a Royal chapel. Later it was moved to Urlati. Its architecture is extremely interesting – the belfry, an open porch.
• Lupsa, Alba County
  Located on Aries Valley, similar due to the culture of wood and its picturesque landscapes to Maramures valleys, Lupsa has a small wooden church interesting both for architecture and history. It was built in the 15th century with Gothic elements. It is a hall church type, with a polygonal separated abse. The building is strengthened by abutments.
• Margina, Timis County
  Cuvioasa Paraschiva Church (1737) is representative for this style and for Banat area. It has a rectangular plan, a polygonal separated abse, and mural paintings from the 18th century.
• Nadis, Cehu Silvaniei town, Salaj County
  Sfintii Arhangheli Church(1732) is considered a precious monument since it preserves traditional shapes and decorations.
• Rieni, Bihor County
  Sf. Teodor Tiron wooden church (1753-1754), built by Tulea Ilie. It has a rectangular plan, a separated abse, a small tower on the pronave. The interior paintings date from 1754, and were made by the painter David from Pitesti.
• Rona de jos, Maramures County
  Village located in one of the most picturesque Maramures valleys – Ronisoara. Nasterii Maiciii Domnului (Virgin’s Birth) Church was built in oak wood in 1665. The nave is rectangular and the abse is polygonal and separated. The roof has a double hem. As in many other churches, the belfry has a watchtower.
• Sighetu Silvaniei, Chiosd Village, Salaj County
  Sfintii Arhangheli wooden church (1632). A rectangular plan with a square and separated abse. It has a belfry with a watchtower on the pronave
• Soconzel,Socond Village, Satu Mare County
  Sfintii Arhangheli (1777) wooden church is a gorgeous monument of people architecture. It has a rectangular plan, a separated polygonal abse, a belfry with watchtower on top of the pronave, and a porch on the western side. The decoration of the frames is sculptured, as are the pillars of the porch. Interior mural paintings from the 18th century
• Straoane, Vrancea County
  Sf. Nicolae church was built during the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 18th century. The plan is triconic (it is not rectangular as in most wooden churches), the porch is open, while the belfry is placed on top of the pronave. The personality of the church is given by unusually large eaves
• Totoreni, Tarcaia Village, Bihor County
  The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church (1696) is a precious monument from the people’s architecture. The veranda is located on the southern side of the nave. The sculptured decoration is extremely rich
• Varciorog,Bihor County
  Sfintii Arhangheli Church is considered one of the most beautiful works of the wooden architecture from Apuseni Mountains area. It has a belfry and porch on all sides.

Three large Carpathic units are to be found on the Romania’s territory: the Oriental Carpathians (the Eastern), the Meridional Carpathians, the Occidental Carpathians

The Oriental Carpathians
The Oriental Carpathians – are stretched from the northern border to Prahova Valley, and include three parallel lines of mountains, oriented to the north and south, and some well inhabited depressions as those from Maramures.
Volcanic mountains are located in the west (Oas, Gutai 1,443 m, Tibles 1,835 m), lower and with many conical peaks, Calimani – Pietrosu Peak 2,100 m, Gurghiu 1,776 m, Harghita 1,800 m, higher and with well-preserved craters. It is the longest volcanic chain in Europe.
In the central area, the mountain ridges are made from crystalline rocks, conglomerates, sand stones and lime-stones, and have the highest altitudes in Rodna Mountains (Pietrosu Peak 2,303 m). The eastern side of the Oriental Carpathians is made from the flisch formation (plied sedimentary rocks), and has lower altitudes – Obcinele Bucovinei 1,208 m, Vrancei 1,785 m. In the curving area from Vrancea, Ciucas Mountains (conglomerate, the highest in the area) reach 1,955 m.
The largest intra-mountainous depression is located in the Oriental Carpathians. It is called Brasov Depression.
The most spectacular gorge in Romania are also located here – Bicazului Gorge.

The Meridional Carpathians
The Meridional Carpathians are the highest and more massive in the entire Romanian Carpathian chain. Due to the relief, they are also called Transylvania’s Alpes, and they are stretched from Prahova Valley to the east up to Timis – Cerna corridor, in the west. The total length of this chain is around 300 km, while the width varies from 22 to 25 km. They are formed from crystalline schists and volcanic rocks. The Meridional Carpathians are less fragmented by valleys and depressions, being more massive. On the edges and on the southern border, the Meridional Carpathians are dominated by limestone and conglomerates which generated spectacular reliefs. In Bran – Moeciu corridor, in Fundata, the maximum inhabited altitude is noticed, at 1,200 – 1,250 m.
The glacial traces are the largest and the most obvious in Romania’s Mountains (glacial circuses, glacial valleys 10 km in length, the largest and deepest lakes).
In the same time, a series of high passes (Giuvala – 1,240 m, between Piatra Craiului and Leaota), Tartarau and Urdele (in Parang Mountains) encouraged the traffic from a Carpathians side to another. The Transfagarasan highway crosses Fagaras Mountains through Balea tunnel located at 2,200 m.
Bucegi have the highest altitude at 2,505 m (Omu Peak) and abrupt of more than 1,000 m in the east, north and west and a large high plateau at 2,000 m altitude, well-know due to the erosion shapes (old ladies, sphynx, mushrooms).
Piatra Craiului is Romania’s most spectacular limestone massif, being impressing due to the main ridge and a lot of roads placed under the ridge, and called belts (braie).
Fagaras Mountains include the highest peaks in Romania, Moldoveanu 2,544 m, and Negoiu 2,535 m.

The Occidental Carpathians
The Occidental Carpathians consist of two distinctive groups: Banat Mountains, and Apuseni Mountains. The main difference is the look of those two areas, induced by the maximum altitude of 1,447 m (Piatra Goznei in Semenic Mountains) in Banat, and 1,849 m (Curcubata Mare in Bihor Mountains) in Apuseni. In Banat, the most spectacular area is Anina Mountains, where the karst is extremely developed: Carasului Gorge, Nerei Gorge, Popovat Cave, Buhui Cave, Comarnic Cave.
Apuseni are surrounded by two rivers which encourage the rafting under good circumstances: Somes in the north, and Mures to the south.
Due to the petrography, they look like a complex mosaic, and are impressive, first of all, due to the large number of Karst phenomena and their development degree: gorge, defiles, springs, caves, canyons. The most famous are – Radeasa Gorge and Ponorului fortress, Izbucul Galbenei, Meziad Cave, Ursilor Cave, Intregalde Gorge, Turda Gorge etc.

The Romanian Coast is extended in the south to the border with Bulgaria, and in Dobrogea from Perisor sand bank to the south. A low sector is to be seen between Perisor sand bank and Midia Cape. Razim lacustrine area developed on an old marine gulf separated by a coastal belt with open areas to the sea can be found here. Tasaul and Siutghiol lakes are smaller and completely isolated. A high bank with sea walls digged into the loess and limestone deposits, fragmented by valleys turned into maritime firths (Techirghiol, Mangalia) is to be found in the south of Midia Cape.
From the climate point of view, the coast has a high degree of dryness due to the poor rainfalls – 350 mm, influenced by the sea. In exchange, the humidity is around 80% a year, due to the breeze and the vaporization sources, meaning the lake.The air temperature reaches here yearly average values of 11ºC with 22ºC in June and 0.2ºC in January. The spring begin early, while the autumns are long and hot. In the summer time, the cloudiness is extremely poor, while the sun shines for 10 – 12 hours/ day. The rains are rare and short. The large beaches have a fine sand, and the coast has a very gentle slope allowing an easy access to the water. The water sea salinity is around 17 to 18 mg..

On those 245 km of Romanian coast, 10 sea resorts and beaches oriented to the east are to be found.

There are more and more comfortable hotels, aqua parks, all-inclusive clubs, restaurants with different cuisines, many sorts of boats (from yachts to catamarans and ski-jets), sport grounds and swimming pools, shows and music, exotic food and beverages for any moment day or night.

The treatments performed in the spa resorts from Eforie Nord and Mangalia made miracles in time among the paralyzed people, condemned to the wheel-chairs or crutches.

     The main arms of the Danube – Chilia, Sulina and Sf. Gheorghe – are the results of the water separation at Ceatalul Izmail (Chilia in Chilia Arm, Tulcea Arm, this last one being divided at Ceatalul Sf. Gheorghe in Sulina Arm and Sf. Gheorghe Arm).

     An own Delta is developed after Chilia Veche Village, having many divergent arms (Mississippi type).

     Through three canals – Lipoveni, Dunavat and Dranov, it is connected to the lacustrian area Razelm – Sinoe .

     For all these, the Danube Delta and Razelm area were declared Biosphere Reserve.