Sustainability - Caroline Fernolend, the president of the Mihai Eminescu Trust (MET) Foundation, is a true visionary in the realm of cultural preservation. With a profound
The stamps released on “150 years since the first celebration of Romanians from everywhere”, an event which took place at the Putna Monastery, in 1871.
150 years ago, Bukovina was a part of Austro-Hungary, being annexed by it in 1775. Romanian population in Bukovina was struggling to preserve its ethnic identity and cultivated the ideal of unification of all Romanian territories, thus aligning with the global trend of affirming the right of the peoples to self-determination and formation of nation states, a trend that gained momentum in the XIXth century.
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the consecration of Putna Monastery, in 1870, the Romanian students gathered in Vienna decided to turn the event into a great national celebration. The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, together with the repressive measures ordered by the Austro-Hungarian authorities, led to the postponement of the celebration for the following year. The students in Vienna chose the Organizing C