RRI Encyclopaedia

In 1953, a housing crisis was under way in Bucharest and architects were looking for a quick solution.

Called Melnbach in local German or Mühlbach, Sebeș today has approximately 26,000 inhabitants, of whom almost 80% are Romanian.

A Romanian-born academic found himself close to the international centres of power in early and mid-20th century.

Built on an oriental model, the kula can also be found all over the Balkans

The sizzling town of Ploiesti in the early 1920s

New book sheds light on Queen Marie's relationship with Barbu Alexandru Știrbei and the latter's role in Romanian politics.

Iuliu Barasch was one of the great scholars of the mid 19th century in Romania

Stone-carved inscriptions on crosses as rich historical evidence

Prince Nicolae was born in Sinaia on August 5, 1903.

Starting in the 19th century, gradually, the Romanian Principalities began to break away from Ottomanism

The Ghica estate in Ghergani is located 40 km away from Bucharest, on the road to Târgovişte.

Romania's capital city Bucharest, past into present

Inns were very popular in Bucharest in 16th and 17th centuries.

Ulysse de Marsillac left us the most attractive pages about 19th-century Bucharest

Romanian humor writing in the 19th century