Radio Romania Intl New Contest
LEGENDS OF BUZAU
This is a contest about an area in the southern half of Romania, which
locals proudly refer to as Little Romania, due to the great diversity
of its landscape. It is a picturesque area, full of legends recalling
the times of yore, which you can discover throughout our contest.
We invite you to listen to RRI broadcasts and check out our website,
http://www.rri.ro/, to answer in writing a few questions, having the
opportunity to win the contest. Your answers have to be in by March
31st, 2010, the postage date.
We have two grand prizes available, two all inclusive trips for two,
for eight nights with accommodation in several guesthouses in Buzau
county, early in the summer of 2010. The trips are between May 29th–
June 6th, and between June 5th and June 13th.
The prizes are courtesy of ‘Casa cu Tei’ guesthouse in Sarata
Monteoru, the ‘Casa Matei’ guesthouse in Berca, the ‘Tata Lice’
guesthouse in Chiojdu, and the ‘Varlaam’ guesthouse in the village of
the same name.
As usual, you have to make your own travel arrangements for Romania,
and secure a visa if needed. We also have several prizes, gifts from
Buzau, for the winners of lesser prizes, courtesy of our partners.
Buzau county is located in South Eastern Romania, in the Eastern
Carpathians, on the upper and middle Buzau River. The county lies
between the Carpathian arch and the Danube Plain. It is an area that
borders all three historical Romanian provinces: Wallachia, Moldavia
and Transylvania.
One of the most important pieces in the Romanian treasury was
uncovered in Buzau county, namely the Pietroasa treasure, known by its
popular name ‘The Hen with Golden Chicks’. It was chanced upon in 1837
by two local peasants. From the initial treasure, which is supposed to
have contained 22 pieces, only 12 were recovered, with a total weight
of almost 19 kg. The treasure had a very convoluted history. It has
been on display at the History Museum of Romania since 1971.
Buzau county is also famous for its red wines, but also for its
Tamaioasa variety, an incense flavoured wine, and it boast a veritable
wine cellar circuit, including Pietroasele, Zoresti, Merei, Breaza,
Naeni and Sahateni.
We cannot forget to mention the muddy volcanoes of Berca among Buzau’s
many attractions, alongside the petroleum mine in Sarata Monteoru, the
only one still working in Europe, where oil is extracted through
galleries and wells 250 to 300 meters deep. Sarata Monteoru is a spa
in its own right, and other attractions of Buzau are the Eagle Lake,
also known as the Bottomless Lake, the salt caves of Meledic, the
Living Fire in Lopatari, the Buzau valley and also the valleys of the
rivers Bisca Mica and Bisca Mare, as well as Penteleu Peak, 1772
meters high.
Also in the Buzau area you can admire the troglodyte caves of
Alunis-Colti, and Nucu-Bozioru, the Dacian sepulchres and the Church
carved in one boulder in Naeni, the fortified monasteries of Vintila
Voda and Bradu, the Ciolanu Monastery, the open air sculpture camp in
Magura, the Buzau County Museum, the Amber Museum in Colti, the Roman
castrum of Pietroasele, and many more.
And now for the questions:
000 What are Buzau’s neighbouring counties?
000 Where is the Pietroasele treasure, known as the Hen with Golden
Chicks, on display?
000 Where is located the only petroleum mine in Europe?
000 Please mention four more tourist attractions of Buzau county?
Please send us your answers by post, fax, e-mail, or fill in the form
on our website, and also please inform us of what motivated you to
take part in our competition. If applicable, also please let us know
what other sources of information you used, other than our broadcasts,
the RRI website, or our Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr profiles. Our
address is the same as always:
Radio Romania International, 60-64 G-ral Berthelot Street, Sector 1,
Bucharest, PO Box 111, zip code 010165, fax 0040-21-319-0562, e-mail
eng@rri.ro. We await your answers until March 31st, 2010, the postage
date. The winners will be announced by mid April. Good luck!
(Source : RRI)
