Harvest Day
by timada
Every year , in October , Romanians celebrate Harvest Day ! It's a celebration of autumn , great opportunity to enjoy , fun , listen popular songs , watch traditional dances , eat "mititei " , drink beer , taste apple pie , buy vegetables and fruits at reasonable prices from the local merchants ! Wonderful time of the year .
The statuary group “Pescarii” (The fishers)
by Fam.Rauca
This statuary ensemble is a creation of the sculptor Corneliu Mendrea, and it represents a group of fishers that bring the full fish net on the shore.
The statue was placed on the shore of the Black Sea, near the Casino, in the year 1960.
The Archeology Museum
by Fam.Rauca
Some of the most famous aged statues that were found into this region and one can see into this museum, are:
“Thinker of Hamangia”
“Sitting woman”
“Serpent Glycon”
or “Egyptian Goddess”.
The Great Mosque in Constanta
by Fam.Rauca
The Great Mosque is situated in the Ovidiu Square.
It is the most important Moslem edifice in Constanta.
It was built by the Romanian King initiative into the year 1910, as donation for the Moslem Ethnic Minorities from Constanta.
Its style is Egyptian – Byzantine and Romanian style.
The architect that finished the plans of the building was Victor Stefanescu.
The minaret is 47 metres high.
Roman colony of Tomis
by DAO
"The Roman poet Ovid (43 BC-17)"
In AD 8 Ovid was exiled to Tomis by Emperor Augustus. He died here 9 years later. A lot of history books say that the reason for his exile is unknown. I am a cause and effect sort of person. I think he must have made the Emperor angry.