What is Romania famous for?

Read the fact file about Romania and then take the quiz. Click on the right answer and see your score. Good luck!

Romania_Logo_small.png* Romania is situated in the south-east of Europe. It covers an area of 237,500 sq.km, ranking the twelfth in size among the countries of Europe.
* Romania has a wide variety of scenery. In the centre there is the Transylvanian Plateau. It is ringed around by the Carpathian Mountains. Moldoveanu (2543 m/8,343 ft) is the highest peak in Romania.
* Romania has about 4,000 rivers and most of them rise in the Carpathian Mountains.
* Romania's climate is temperate-continental with Mediterranean influences in the south-west and oceanic influences in the west.
*** Romania is famous for:
- Northern Moldavia with its painted monasteries, listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list and Maramures, a land of unique pastoral beauty with a rich tradition of folk art;
- its variety of mineral waters with exceptional curative powers. There are about 2,000 mineral springs along the entire extent of the Oas-Harghita volcanic chain (in the Eastern Carpathians);
- its wide variety of scenery: plains, majestic mountains, fine beaches, hills and the rich flora and fauna in the Danube Delta (about 300 species of birds and 60 species of fish);
- its traditional dishes: sarmale (mincemeat rolled in cabbage) and mititei (grilled meatballs)

 
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