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Voievodul Mircea High School
Târgovi șt e, Romania
Romanian famous people

ANA ASLAN
January 1 st , 1897 – May 20 th 1988
A pioneer of social medicine
She was a Romanian biologist and physician,
she founded the I nstitute of Geriatrics of
Bucharest

ANA ASLAN
- She at t ended the Facult y of Medi cine
from 1915 to1922;
- She obt ai ned her M.D. degree in
cardiovascular physiology in 1924. Her
focus was on physiology and theprocess of
aging.
- Aft er t hree-year st udy has invented adrug
called Gerovi t al (H3), it promi sed to slow
down theaging process by about 40%.
- She founded the fi rst in the world
Instituteof Geriatrics.
- Ana Aslan recei ved many international
distinctions, such as ” TheCross of Meri t „
- First Class of the Order of Meri t ,
Germany
Ana Aslan

Ana Aslan
Gerovit al H3
In Institute of Geriatry

CONSTANTIN
BRÂNCUȘI
February 19 th , 1876 - Mar ch 19 th , 1957
The sculptor of the Romanian soul
He was a Romanian sculptor famous all over
the world for his masterpieces.
H e mostly sculptured his creations in France.

CONSTANTIN
BRÂNCUȘI
Main achievements:
- Post -mort em member of The Romanian
Academy.
- He i mplement ed the modern concept of
painting, drawing and in sculpture.
- Some of the artistic movement s he
support ed were modernism, artistic youth
and Catalan moderni sm.
Creations: Endless Column, Table of
Silence, KissingGate, Sleeping Muse, Master
Bird, Child’sFace, The goodness of the earth.
”Mademoiselle Pogany”

”Endless Column”
”Table of Silence”
”The Ki ssi ng Gat e”

GEORGE ENESCU
August 19 th , 1881 - May 4 th , 1955
The titan of Romanian music
Romanian composer, violinist, conductor and
teacher. Regarded as one of the greatest
musicians in Romanian history.
Photo

GEORGE ENESCU
- Enescu was born in Romania, in the village of
Li veni (lat er renamed "George Enescu" in his
honor), in Botoșani County;
- Considered to be a wonder-child, on 5 October
1888, at the age of seven, he became the
youngest st udent ever admitted to the Vienna
Conservatory;
- Many of Enescu's works were i nfluenced by
Romanian folk musi c, his most popular
compositions bei ng the two Romanian
Rhapsodi es (1901–02), the opera Œdipe (1936),
and thesui t es for orchestra.
- The George Enescu Fest i val held in honor of
Enescu, is the bi ggest classi cal musi c fest i val
held in Romania ( from 1958 was 25 editions).
Children Enescu

”Oedipe” by Enescu at
t he Opéra de Paris

Enescu in Paris
Romanian Rhapsody
partiture
Enescu and his violin

MIRCEA ”THE ELDER”
BASARAB
1355 – 1418
The Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his
death in 1418.
He was the most important Wallachian ruler
during the Middle Ages, during his reign
Wallachia controlled the largest area in its
history.
Photo

MIRCEA ”THE ELDER”
BASARAB
Mi rcea the Elder was born in 1355 and he di ed on
January 311418 at theage of 62-63years old.
Mi rcea was the son of voivode Radu I of
Wallachia, thisbei ng adescendant of the House of
Basarab.
On October 10, 1394, the Ot t oman army led by
Sul t an Beyazid I, was defeat ed in the Bat t le of
Rovine and Mi rcea t hrew the Ottomansout of the
country;
Our high school was named aft er this famous
ruler and we have a statue in his memory in
the high school yard, and one in the cent er of the
city.

Cozia Monast ery,
erected close t o
Călimăneșt i by Mircea
t he Elder in 1388 and
housi ng hi s t omb.

Mircea Voivode statue
from T ârgoviște center
Wallachians in t he
Battle of Rovine
Mircea Voivode statue
from our school park

MIRCEA ELIADE
Mar ch 13 th , 1907 – April 22 nd , 1986
One of the world’s foremost interpreters of
religious symbolism and myth.
Photo
He was a Romanian historian of religion,
fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the
University of Chicago, one of the most
influential scholars of religion of the 20 th
century.

MIRCEA ELIADE
Eliade had fluent command of five languages
(Romanian, French, German, It alian, and Engli sh)
and a readi ng knowledge of t hree ot hers (Hebrew,
Persi an, and Sanskri t )
1933: PhD with at hesi s on Yoga practices.
1956: became one of the founders of ”Chicago
school” t hat defined the st udy of reli gi ons for the
second half of the20thcent ury.
1966: member of the Ameri can Academy of Arts
and Sciences.
1977: awarded the Bordin prize by the French
Academy
1985: recei ved the title of ”Doctor Honoris Causa”
by George Washi ngt on University

Mircea Eliade and
Mait reyi Devi – t he
story of an unfulfilled
love
photo of the main
work

Eliade, I onesco and
Cioran
Eliade in Chicago Eliade in 1933

NADIA COMĂNECI
Born: November 12 th , 1961
Oneșt i , Romania
Romanian (former) gymnast
Flying!

Main achievements:
- nine-time Olympic medalist
- the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score
of 10.0 at the Olympic Games(1976)
- the youngest all-around Olympic gold medalist
ever.

Nadia Comăneci
Uneven bars
Floor
Balance beam

NICOLAE
GRIGORESCU
May,15 th , 1838 – July, 21 st , 1907
Art of painting
He was the greatest artist in Romania and he is
the first of the founders of modern Romanian
painting.

NICOLAE
GRIGORESCU
1861: -hepai nt ed theAgapia Monast ery
- he started studying at the École des
beaux-art s, Paris;
1867: seven of his works were part of the
Uni versal Exposition of Paris;
1877: he became a ”frontline pai nt er” in the
Romanian War of I ndependence;
1899: he became member of the Romanian
Academy;
”Dorobanțul”

“The oxen cart ”

”Cheerful Peasant Woman”
”The trumpetist”
“The peasant woman
of Muscel”

MARIA, QUEEN OF
ROMANIA
October 29 th , 1875 - Jul y 18 th , 1938
The queen who carried her country in her soul
and made her beauty known in the world
She fought like a soldier. She loved.
She protected her country.
Photo

MARIE, QUEEN OF
ROMANIA
- She worked as a nurse during t hree
epi demi cs and two wars.
- It was at this moment t hat Queen Marie
gai ned great respect in the Romanian
soci et y, and she came to see her first
encount er with an epidemic as a turning
point in her life.
- Queen Mari e’s poet ry-filled illuminated
books were much admi red in t hat era.
While she used to gift most of t hem to
friendsand relat i ves, some of t hem ended
up bei ng present ed at import ant
expositions

She was an awardwinning
visual artist.

Queen Marie

TRAIAN VUIA
August, 17 th , 1872 – Sept ember, 3 rd , 1950
Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer
Photo
Traian Vuia was an inventor, pioneer of world
aviation.
Although he studied for a year at the
Polytechnic, he graduated from Law school. He
obtained hisdoctorate in Legal Sciences.

TRAIAN VUIA
At the age of t en he developed a passi on
for ki t es, in high school he want ed to handle
ki t es and aft er graduat ing from college he
built hisown aircraft.
Traian Vuia made one of the first selfpropelled
flights with a heavi er-t han-air
aircraft.
Vuia's machine had the capabilit y to
t ake off from aflat surface, without assi st ance
such as an incline, rai ls, or cat apult .
”VuiaII aircraft ”

The first flight

”VuiaI aircraft ”
Traian Vuia

VIRGINIA ANDREESCU
HARET
June, 21 st , 1894 – May, 6 th , 1962
The First Romanian Woman-Architect
The first female architect, Virginia Andreescu
Haret, who entered through the "big door", in
the art of building, in 1919.

VIRGINIA ANDREESCU
HARET
The first woman to graduat e with a
degree in architecture in Romania
around 150 buildingsdesi gned and built
40 years of activity and a life devot ed
ent i rely toart ;
She built many projects including the
Gheorghe Şi ncai High School , the Govora
Casi no (1928-1929), as well as many privat e
homes monuments and public and privat e
buildings(such asthe building of our school–
”Voievodul Mircea”High School).
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Govora Casi no

”Voievodul Mircea” High School
”Col. Cezar Golici Villa”
”Nicu St ănescu Villa”

Voievodul Mircea Highschool
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