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Cireșu, Brăila
Cireşu is a commune located in Brăila County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Batogu, Cireșu, Ionești, Scărlătești and Vultureni. Batogu Batogu, now a village of Cireșu, was a separate commune until 1968. The Batogu manor, built in the 1850s, was the seat of the Filotti family until 1947. Maria Filotti Maria Filotti (9 October 1883, Batogu, Brăila, Batogu, Brăila County, Romania – 5 November 1956, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian actress . She was described as one of the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and the "directres ... was born here in 1883. References Communes in Brăila County Localities in Muntenia {{Brăila-geo-stub ...
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Commune In Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ...
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Brăila County
Brăila County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, Brăila County had a population of 281,452 (172,533 people in urban areas and 108,919 people in rural areas.) and the population density was . * Romanians – 98% * Romani people, Romani, Russians, Lipovans, Aromanians, and Minorities of Romania, others - 2% Geography This county has a total area of . All the county lies on a flat plane: the Bărăgan Plain, one of the best areas for growing cereals in Romania. On the east side there is the Danube, which forms an island – the Great Brăila Island –surrounded by the Măcin channel, Cremenea channel, and Vâlciu channel. On the northern side there is the Siret (river), Siret River and on the north-western side there is the Buzău (river), Buzău River. Neighbours * Tulcea County in the east. * Buzău County in the west. * Galați County and Vrancea County in the north. * Ialo ...
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Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Romanian). It is situated between the Danube (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia (or ''Lesser Wallachia''). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret. Geography Muntenia includes București - Ilfov, Sud - Muntenia, and part of the Sud-Est development regions. It consists of nine counties entirely: * Brăila * Buzău * Călărași * Argeș * Dâmbovița * Giurgiu * Ialomița * Ilfov * Prahova And parts of four others: * Teleorman (the entire county with the exception of Islaz) * Vrancea (southern p ...
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of with a population of 19 million people. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southeast of the country. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Bucharest is the country's Bucharest metropolitan area, largest urban area and Economy of Romania, financial centre. Other major urban centers, urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timiș ...
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Family Seat
A family seat, sometimes just called seat, is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social, economic, political, or historic connection of the family within a given area. Some families took their dynasty name from their family seat ( Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Windsor), or named their family seat after their own dynasty's name. The term ''family seat'' was first recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book where it was listed as the word '' caput''. The term continues to be used in the British Isles today. A clan seat refers to the seat of the chief of a Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure r .... Examples * List of family seats of English nobility * List of family seats of Irish nobility * List of ...
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Filotti
Filotti is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Eugen Filotti (1896–1975), Romanian diplomat, journalist and writer * Ion Filotti Cantacuzino (1908–1975), Romanian film producer, film producer, writer and psychiatrist * Maria Filotti (1883–1956), Romanian actress ** Maria Filotti Theatre The Maria Filotti is a theatre in Brăila, Romania. History The theatre was built in 1896 as "Teatrul Rally". In 1919, it was renamed "Teatrul Comunal" ("The Communal Theatre"), in 1949, "Teatrul del Stat Brăila – Galați Galați ( , , ; ..., theatre in Brăila, Romania {{surname, Filotti Romanian-language surnames ...
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Maria Filotti
Maria Filotti (9 October 1883, Batogu, Brăila, Batogu, Brăila County, Romania – 5 November 1956, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian actress . She was described as one of the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and the "directress" of a theater "that made an important contribution to transmitting the experience from one generation to the next." Filotti was the grandmother of Romanian actor, Şerban Cantacuzino (actor), Şerban Cantacuzino. Cantacuzino made his acting debut opposite Filotti in ''The Prince and the Pauper'' at the Bucharest National Theatre when he was eleven years old. Legacy The Maria Filotti Theatre in Brăila is named for Filotti. Stage appearances * Gioconda in ''La Gioconda'' by Gabriele d’Annunzio, Gabriele D'Annunzio (1904–1905) * Silvia in ''Suprema forţă'' by Haralamb Lecca (1904–1905) * Nenela in ''Come le foglie'' by Giuseppe Giacosa (1905–1906) * Enriqueta in ''El loco Dios'' by José Echegaray (1905–1906) * Catherine de S ...
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Communes In Brăila County
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of Algeria ** Communes of Angola ** Communes of Belgium ** Communes of Benin ** Communes of Burundi ** Communes of Chile ** Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ** Communes of France ** Communes of Italy, called ''comune'' ** Communes of Luxembourg ** Communes of Moldova, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Niger ** Communes of Romania, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Switzerland ** Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam) *** Commune (Vietnam) *** Commune-level town (Vietnam) ** People's commune, highest of three administrative levels in rural China, 1958 to 1983 Government and military/defense * Agricultural commune, intentional community based on agricultural labor * Commune (rebellion), a synonym for uprising or revolutionary ...
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