TIRGU JIU - TOWN IN ROMANIA

THE ENDLESS COLUMN
THE TABLE OF SILENCE
THE GATE OF KISS
SCULPTURES OF CONSTANTIN BRINCUSI
RIVER JIU
HIGH SCHOOL
TUDOR VLADIMIRESCU, ROMANIAN LEADER OF 1821 UPRISING AGAINST THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. HE WAS TOUGHT WARFARE BY RUSSIANS, DURING THE RUSSIAN -TURK WAR OF 1806-1812. DURING THE UPRISING WAS ALLIED WITH GREEK MOVEMENT NAMED ETERIA, LED BY ALEXANDROS IPSILANTI.
FINALLY, TUDOR WAS KILLED BY GREEKS, PROBABLY DUE TO OTTOMANS INTELLIGENCE SUBTERFUGES. HIS ARMY WAS COMPOSED OF INFANTRY NAMED "PANDURI", CHARACTERISTIC MILITARY UNIT OF TIME IN SOUTH ROMANIA.
HE IS WEARING THE PANDUR UNIFORM AS IT IS DEPICTED IN THE SCULPTURE.


TIRGU JIU IS CLEARLY ONE OF THE MOST CLEAN CITIES I SAW IN ROMANIA LAST YEARS...