The Ion Creanga Memorial House - outside
par Michael Pop
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Ion Creangă was one of the greatest Romanian writer and storyteller.
He was born in the village of Humuleşti, located in the foothills of the Eastern Carpathians, in northern Moldavia, in 1837 as himself describes :
"I am born at March 1 1837 in Humulesti village, Neamt county, from Romanian parents: Stefan of Petrea the shoemaker and his wife Smaranda, born David Creanga, from Pipirig village, Neamt county..."
The house in the picture above is the house in which he was born and lived before leaving for school.
This is the wooden cradle in which his mother was lulling him as a baby while she was spinning the wool.
As the first child of eight, Creangă's mother wanted him to be educated for Orthodox priesthood, traditionally a prestigious position in the village community.
Details of Creangă's youth can be extracted from his greatest autobiographic work Amintiri din copilărie ("Memories of My Boyhood"). He began his education in Humuleşti, then he studied briefly at Broşteni before returning home and enrolling at a school in the neighbouring Târgu Neamţ. After a year at the seminary in Fălticeni, Creangă left for Iaşi, the Moldavian capital, where he continued to prepare for priesthood at the school of the Socola Monastery.
The house from Humulesti was built by Petrea Ciubotariul, Creangă's grandfather in 1830.
From 1951 it was turned into a museum opened to the public.
Ion Creangă was one of the greatest Romanian writer and storyteller.He was born in the village of Hum...
Among the most representative historical monuments from Romania we find the fortress of Neamtz, an ob...
Among the most representative historical monuments from Romania we find the fortress of Neamtz, an ob...
Among the most representative historical monuments from Romania we find the fortress of Neamtz, an ob...
Among the most representative historical monuments from Romania we find the fortress of Neamtz, an ob...
Among the most representative historical monuments from Romania we find the fortress of Neamtz, an ob...
The Varatic Monastery is a rather recent monastic settlement. A skete, bearing the same name, was set...
The history of this monastery starts with the old settlement - Agapia din Deal (Agapia from the hill)...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
