Romania

Europe's Next Gem

Slide 1 of 11: Give a nod to the fictitious Count Dracula and then submerge yourself in the rest of Romania. Photographer Sylvia Plachy indulged in the country's intriguing mix of bucolic countryside and budding cosmopolitanism and found that Romania is finally on the r

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Slide 2 of 11: Poppies in the Transylvanian countryside

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Slide 3 of 11: Nuns from the monastery in Horezu

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Slide 4 of 11: Murals from the monastery in Horezu

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Slide 5 of 11: Peles Castle, in Sinaia, dates from the late 1800s

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Slide 6 of 11: A young musician and his friends in the Transylvanian town of Sibiu

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Slide 7 of 11: Boy on a horse in a village outside of Sibiu

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Slide 8 of 11: Overlooking the rooftops of Sibiu

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Slide 9 of 11: The Stag House hotel in Sighisoara

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Slide 10 of 11: Statue in Bucharest's Herastrau Park

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Slide 11 of 11: A Transylvanian wedding

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