Hilișeu-Horia
Hilișeu-Horia is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S .... It is composed of five villages: Corjăuți, Hilișeu-Cloșca, Hilișeu-Crișan, Hilișeu-Horia and Iezer. Natives * Scarlat Vârnav References Communes in Botoșani County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Botoşani-geo-stub ...
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Scarlat Vârnav
Scarlat Vasile Vârnav, or Sofronie Vârnav (also known as Charles Basile Varnav, Charles de Wirnave, Varnavu or Vîrnav; died ), was a Moldavian and Romanian political figure, philanthropist, collector, and Romanian Orthodox Church, Orthodox clergyman. The scion of an aristocratic family, he was made to study for a career in the church, but fled Moldavia and studied abroad. Acquainted with the Liberalism and radicalism in Romania, Romanian liberal movement, and an ardent Romanian nationalism, Romanian nationalist, he helped establish bodies of intellectuals dedicated to cultural and political cooperation across the Danubian Principalities and beyond—including, in 1846, the Romanian library of Paris. His purchase of mainly Baroque paintings, donated by him to ''Academia Mihăileană'', forms the core of the Palace of Culture (Iași), Iași Museum of Art. With Nicolae Bălcescu and C. A. Rosetti, Vârnav also managed the Society of Romanian Students in Paris, whose revolutionary ...
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