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MEDGIDIA
I.4. CULTURE
I.4.1. Cultural Institutions
• “Ioan N. ROMAN” Municipal Cultural House
The Cultural department within the City Hall administrates
the Culture House, where musical, theatre and fine arts
activities are carried out. In order to support culture at local
level, collaboration with professionals resulted in the
establishment of ensembles and classes attended by a
great number of talented young people.
The children’s brass-band and chorus, the theatre groups
“UªA” and “Nameless”, the folk dance ensembles
“Pandelasul” and “Stejarelul” were established, the modern
and gipsy dance classes, the ballet classes were organised,
giving young talented persons the opportunity to express
themselves.
In time, these groups and ensembles gained numerous
national and international awards (from France, Italy,
Turkey, China, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Botosani, Slanic
Moldova, Calarasi, Lugoj, Craiova).
Here we also have the “Eugen Ionesco” theatre studio,
the sound studio, the musical recording studio, painting
class, permanent fine art exhibition, the editorial office for
the “Graiul Dobrogei” local newspaper, French Alliance,
Romanian-French Friendship Association “FRAROM”, and
the “WORLD VISION” Children’s Club.
• Ioan N. Roman Municipal Library
The municipal library has a rich tradition and a collection of
over 85,000 volumes and collections of periodical
publications. It hosts numerous symposia, book launches
and exhibitions, offering Medgidia readers the opportunity
to meet famous writers. Recently, a branch of this library
with over 40,000 books was opened in the northern part of
the city.
• “Lucian Grigorescu” Cultural House
The Cultural House has an auditorium with a capacity of
500 seats and a room for hosting exhibitions and symposia.
Here we also find a Romanian Library, the “Andre Gide”
French Library, the “HOLT România” humanitarian
foundation, and the “Retiring Club”.
• Military Circle
The military Circle has a theatre room of over 500 seats.
Within the Circle an amateur theatre ensemble is has
been active for almost 30 years, and it won numerous
national prizes (from Lugoj, Craiova, Botosani, Braila,
Slanic Moldova, Sibiu).
• Students’ Club
The Club’s activities are annually attended by over 500
students from the local education units. The classes
organised here include literary creation, navy-modelling,
theatre, music and painting. The “SOLARIS” poetry
magazine is edited here, and the students won prizes in
national an international poetry contests.
• Karasu Folk Ensemble
This is the ensemble established by the Muslim community,
and its activity is well-known at national an international
level through its participation in several festivals and
contests, as a promoter of the traditions of Turks and
Mongols from Dobrogea.
• “Lucian Grigorescu” Cultural Foundation
Established in 1992, the foundation’s objective is to reinvigorate
the cultural life, to support the established values
and to promote of local talent.
• Cultural Events
Annually, Medgidia hosts cultural events of national and
international acclaim.
The “Lucian Grigorescu“ International painting camp
joins together well-known Romanian and foreign painters
whose inspiration includes places and people from
Medgidia.
• The International Turkish-Tartar Folk Festival is
organised annually in cooperation with Muslim Institutions
throughout Romania. In this Festival folk ensembles from
countries with majority Muslim communities are
represented.
• Medgidia Days – annual festival dedicated to the city and
its spiritual patron St. Dumitru. This event, in its seventh
year of activity, intends to revitalise the tradition of panair
with its beneficial effects on the cultural, social and
economical life of the city. At the same time, the communi-