The History of Romania in One Object / The Flag of Lupșa

In 1918, at the end of the bloodiest war history had ever known, Romanians fulfilled their most cherished political ideal: the unification of all historical provinces where they were in the majority – Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, Bessarabia, and Bukovina – with the Old Kingdom of Romania in one democratic state. A tricolor flag, made of wool woven in one night and one day by the women of Lupșa in central Transylvania, encapsulates in its apparently humble display the colossal victory in a century-old struggle for freedom and dignity. The flag of Lupșa is presented by historians Cristina Păiușan Nuică and Cornel Ilie. With a video presentation by Cornel Ilie.

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Historian Cristina Păiușan-Nuică is currently a researcher at the National History Museum of Romania and throughout her career was the editor…