Biertan’s Matrimonial Prison
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 22, 2022
Tucked away in the church grounds of a quiet village in Romania, there is a small cottage known as the ‘matrimonial prison’. It was here tha...
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Trajan’s Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2022
On the east of the Iron Gate Rapids near the present-day cities of Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania and Kladovo in Serbia, there once stood ...
Conrad Haas: The 16th Century Rocket Pioneer
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2021
In 1961, a professor at the University of Bucharest, made a surprising discovery in the archives of the city of Sibiu, in Romania. It was a ...
The Painted Monasteries of Romania
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2017
In northern Romania, in a region historically known as Bukovina, are a collection of eight Byzantine-era churches renowned for their beautif...
Wooden Churches of Maramures
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 21, 2017
In the Maramureș region of northern Romania are a group of almost one hundred Orthodox churches built between the 17th and the 19th centurie...
Palace of The Parliament: The Building of Superlatives
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2016
At the historical center of Romania’s capital city Bucharest, stands the colossal Palace of the Parliament, one of the most expensive and ex...
The Narrowest Streets in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 27, 2015
At what point does a street cease to be a street? According to the Guinness Book of Records, the narrowest street in the world is located in...
The Stunning Secret of Politehnica Metro Station, Bucharest
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2015
The Politehnica metro station in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, near the Politehnica University of Bucharest, sees relatively little t...
The Dark Humor of Sapanta’s Merry Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2015
Making jokes about dead people is considered disrespectful and traditionally frowned upon, but not in the small Romanian town of Sapanta. Th...
Geamana, The Romanian Village Flooded by a Toxic Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
Copper exploitation at the mines of Rosia Poieni in the Apuseni Mountains, in Alba county, in Romania, was like a curse for residents of the...
Salina Turda: An Underground Theme Park in a Salt Mine
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2014
Salina Turda is an old salt mine located deep underground in the town of Turda in Romania. Salt was first extracted here during the antiquit...
The Twist and Turns of Transfagarasan Road, Romania
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2012
The Transfagarasan mountain road or national road 7C is the second-highest paved road in Romania, and considered by some to be the most dram...
7 Incredible Submerged Forests
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2010
Submerged forest is a term used to describe the remains of trees (especially tree stumps) which have been submerged by rising sea level. The...
