Orthodox Monasteries Featured on New Romanian Passport

Basilica.Ro ^ | 8/26/19 | Aurelian Iftimiu

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The new Romanian passport that started being issued from January 2019 has a unique design that features important touristic attractions including three Orthodox monasteries: Curtea de Arges, Barsana and Tismana.

Romania’s simple electronic and temporary passports are among the most difficult to falsify travel documents, stated the police chief Mirel Toanca, the head of the Passport Directorate of the Romanian Police, earlier this year.

In addition to the security elements that make it almost impossible to forge, the new generation of passports has a modern design with details inspired by the history and geography of Romania.

Each page contains a stylized drawing of a historical monument or of a well-known tourist objective in Romania, such as the three places of worship mentioned, but also the Danube Delta, the Red Lake, the Sphinx, Arc de Triomphe, the Fortress of Suceava etc.

The anti-fraud features are based on the new technologies in the field including stylized drawings, micro-printing, different printing techniques and optically variable elements, as well as some elements made by nanotechnology.

Curtea de Arges Monastery is one of the most famous monasteries in Romania and a must-see attraction if you’re looking to discover centuries-old religious sites. It’s the monumental church and its unique architectural style that make this monastery one of the most representative in Romania, a country that has hundreds of religious monuments of venerable age.

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beautiful

Barsana Monastery

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Gorgeous monastery. But...

...the three places of worship mentioned, but also the Danube Delta, the Red Lake, the Sphinx, Arc de Triomphe, the Fortress of Suceava etc.

I detect some cultural appropriation here.