Category Archives: Memorial houses and museums

The “Aurel Vlaicu” memorial complex

The “AUREL VLAICU” Memorial  Complex, built in the honor of engineer, inventor and Romanian aviation pioneer Aurel Vlaicu, consists of: The Memorial House, The Museum, and the Bust – a monument made of bronze by the famous sculptor Dimitru Bârlad and placed between the two buildings. The house in which he grew up is in…

Cigmău village

Cigmău is the birthplace of Romanian writer, philologist and historian Ioan Budai Deleanu, the foremost representative of the” Transylvanian School” („Școala Ardeleană”) and Romanian enlightenment. He is the author of several historical writings, but his most famous work is an epic poem called „Țiganiada” or „Tabăra Țiganilor”(“The Gypsy Camp”). Upon entering Cigmău, you will see…