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The History of Romania in One Object / The Crown

Mon, May 04

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A remarkable object of equally remarkable times

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The History of Romania in One Object / The Crown
The History of Romania in One Object / The Crown

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May 04, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT

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THE HISTORY OF ROMANIA IN ONE OBJECT is our newest online series, developed in partnership with the The National History Museum of Romania, that evokes decisive epochs in Romanian past starting from an artifact or vestige with powerful symbolic, representative value. In the following weeks the history of Romania will be revealed object by object, from prehistoric figurines and ancient jewelry to Medieval battle flags, modern symbols of power and makeshift machines for printing anti-communist manifestos.

 

We begin our saga through the Romanian history with the deliberately austere Steel Crown of the Romanian kings, which is a token of unprecedented political, economic, social, and cultural development that transformed a small Danubian principality into the powerhouse of South-East Europe. Video introduction by historian Cornel Ilie.

 

Watch the video on our FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE and BLOG from Monday, May 4, 2 p.m. EST (or anytime later).

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