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Voroneţ is a monastery in Romania, located in the town of Gura

Humorului, Moldavia. It is one of the famous painted monasteries from

southern Bukovina, in Suceava County. Between May and September

1488, Stephen III of Moldavia (known as "Stephen the Great") built the

Voroneţ Monastery to commemorate the victory at Battle of Vaslui. Often

known as the "Sistine Chapel of the East", the frescoes at Voroneţ

feature an intense shade of blue known in Romania as "Voroneţ blue". "

[T]he exterior walls — including a representation of the Last Judgment

on the west wall — were painted in 1547 with a background of vivid

cerulean blue. This blue is so vibrant that art historians refer to Voroneţ

blue the same way they do Titian red."

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns (normally referred to as

towers or pylons), with cables supporting the bridge deck. There are two major classes of cable-

stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching them to

various points on the tower(s) so that the height of attachment of each cable on the tower is

similar to the distance from the tower along the roadway to its lower attachment. In a fan design,

the cables all connect to or pass over the top of the tower(s). Compared to other bridge types,

the cable-stayed is optimal for spans longer than typically seen in cantilever bridges, and shorter

than those typically requiring a suspension bridge. This is the range in which cantilever spans

would rapidly grow heavier if they were lengthened, and in which suspension cabling does not

get more economical, were the span to be shortened.

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns

(normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the

bridge deck. There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a

harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching them to

various points on the tower(s) so that the height of attachment of each

cable on the tower is similar to the distance from the tower along the

roadway to its lower attachment. In a fan design, the cables all connect

to or pass over the top of the tower(s). Compared to other bridge types,

the cable-stayed is optimal for spans longer than typically seen in

cantilever bridges, and shorter than those typically requiring a

suspension bridge. This is the range in which cantilever spans would

rapidly grow heavier if they were lengthened, and in which suspension

cabling does not get more economical, were the span to be shortened.

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns

(normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the

bridge deck. There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a

harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching them to

various points on the tower(s) so that the height of attachment of each

cable on the tower is similar to the distance from the tower along the

roadway to its lower attachment. In a fan design, the cables all connect

to or pass over the top of the tower(s). Compared to other bridge types,

the cable-stayed is optimal for spans longer than typically seen in

cantilever bridges, and shorter than those typically requiring a

suspension bridge. This is the range in which cantilever spans would

rapidly grow heavier if they were lengthened, and in which suspension

cabling does not get more economical, were the span to be shortened.

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns

(normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the

bridge deck.

There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design,

the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching them to various points

on the tower(s) so that the height of attachment of each cable on the

tower is similar to the distance from the tower along the roadway to its

lower attachment. In a fan design, the cables all connect to or pass over

the top of the tower(s).

Compared to other bridge types, the cable-stayed is optimal for spans

longer than typically seen in cantilever bridges, and shorter than those

typically requiring a suspension bridge. This is the range in which

cantilever spans would rapidly grow heavier if they were lengthened, and

in which suspension cabling does not get more economical, were the

span to be shortened.

Unlike earlier Greek theatres that were built into hillsides, the

Colosseum is an entirely free-standing structure. It derives its basic

exterior and interior architecture from that of two Roman theatres back to

back. It is elliptical in plan and is 189 meters (615 ft / 640 Roman feet)

long, and 156 meters (510 ft / 528 Roman feet) wide, with a base area of

6 acres (24,000 m2). The height of the outer wall is 48 meters (157 ft /

165 Roman feet). The perimeter originally measured 545 meters (1,788 ft

/ 1,835 Roman feet). The central arena is an oval 87 m (287 ft) long and

55 m (180 ft) wide, surrounded by a wall 5 m (15 ft) high, above which

rose tiers of seating.

The outer wall is estimated to have required over 100,000 cubic meters

(131,000 cu yd) of travertine stone which were set without mortar held

together by 300 tons of iron clamps.[12] However, it has suffered

extensive damage over the centuries, with large segments having

collapsed following earthquakes. The north side of the perimeter wall is

still standing; the distinctive triangular brick wedges at each end are

modern additions, having been constructed in the early 19th century to

shore up the wall. The remainder of the present-day exterior of the

Colosseum is in fact the original interior wall.

The surviving part of the outer wall's monumental façade comprises three

stories of superimposed arcades surmounted by a podium on which

stands a tall attic, both of which are pierced by windows interspersed at

regular intervals. The arcades are framed by half-columns of the Tuscan,

Ionic, and Corinthian orders, while the attic is decorated with Corinthian

pilasters.[21] Each of the arches in the second- and third-floor arcades

framed statues, probably honoring divinities and other figures from

Classical mythology.

rajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana) is a Roman triumphal column

in Rome, Italy, which commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in

the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of

the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman

Senate. It is located in Trajan's Foorum, built near the Quirinal Hill,

north of the Roman Forum. Completed in 113 CE, the freestanding

column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, that artistically describes

the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–

106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient

and modern.

The Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum, Italian: Foro Romano) is a

small open rectangle surrounded by the ruins of ancient government

buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city

referred to this marketplace as the Forum Magnum, or simply the

Forum. It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of

triumphal processions and elections, venue for public speeches and

nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments

commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient

Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the

world, and in all history.[1] Located in the small valley between the

Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of

architectural fragments and intermittent archeological excavations

attracting numerous sightseers.

The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin:

Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an

elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest

ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of

Roman architecture and Roman engineering.

The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю,

Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga

Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent [1]. The greater part of

the Danube Delta lies in Romania (Tulcea county), while its northern

part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine (Odessa

Oblast). The approximate surface is 4152 km², of which 3446 km² are in

Romania. If the lagoons of Razim-Sinoe (1015 km² of which 865 km²

water surface; situated in the south, but attached to the Danube Delta

from geological and ecological perspectives, as well as being the

combined territory of the World Heritage Site) are to be added, the

considered area of the Danube Delta grows to 5165 km².

The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю,

Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga

Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent [1]. The greater part of

the Danube Delta lies in Romania (Tulcea county), while its northern

part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine (Odessa

Oblast). The approximate surface is 4152 km², of which 3446 km² are in

Romania. If the lagoons of Razim-Sinoe (1015 km² of which 865 km²

water surface; situated in the south, but attached to the Danube Delta

from geological and ecological perspectives, as well as being the

combined territory of the World Heritage Site) are to be added, the

considered area of the Danube Delta grows to 5165 km².

Gura Portiţei este situată pe o fâşie îngustă de nisip, între Marea Neagra

şi Lacul Goloviţa, din Delta Dunării.

Iniţial un sat pescăresc, Gura Portiţei (Portiţa) este cunoscută astăzi ca

una dintre cele mai retrase (şi liniştite) destinaţii turistice de pe litoralul

românesc, o alternativă pentru Vama Veche, devenită prea populară şi

aglomerată în ultimii ani. Accesul se face de regulă cu vaporaşul, de la

Jurilovca, Tulcea; cu autovehicule speciale se poate ajunge şi pe drumul

de coastă, fie de Vadu, Constanţa, pe la Periboina, fie de la Sfântu

Gheorghe, Tulcea.

Denumirea era legată de comunicarea existentă iniţial între lacul Goloviţa

şi Marea Neagră, închisă în anii 70, ceea ce a transformat Goloviţa într-

un lac închis, cu apă în curs de desalinizare. Lacul comunică la nord cu

lacul Razim (liber) iar la sud cu lacul Sinoe, printr-un sistem de ecluze.

Zona reprezintă o parte a rezervaţiei biosferei Delta Dunării.