Great Union Day (also called Unification Day) is the national holiday of Romania, celebrated on 1st December. It commemorates the assembly of ethnic Romanian delegates held in the city of Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of Transylvania and the provinces of Bessarabia (the modern day Republic of Moldova) and Bukovina with Romania. The celebration of Great Union Day usually includes fireworks as well as a military parade in Bucharest, the capital. In 2018, over 4500 people gathered in Alba Iulia, forming the geographical outline of Romania to commemorate the centenary of Great Union Day. During the event, the world record for the largest human image of a country was set.
Romania joined the European Union in 2007 and, as such, Romanian became one of its 24 official languages.
How well do you know the country home to the legend of Dracula, the bloodsucking vampire? Put your knowledge and interpreting skills to the test with this quiz based on the following Romanian-language speeches in the Speech Repository!
- When was the horror novel Dracula published and who was its author? Speech 28233
- When and where was the famous Romanian sculptor and painter Constantin Brâncuși born? Speech 28231
- When was the Bucharest metro system inaugurated and how many stations were opened in the first 10 years of its existence? Speech 24012
- When was the first colourful tombstone placed in Săpânța cemetery and how many of them are there now? Speech 25515