FACTS Facts and statistics: Compiled by the CIA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ro.html   ROMANIAN HISTORY Ancient History to Present in summary: Particularly good for understanding ancient history. But the period of 50 years of communism is addressed in two paragraphs. http://www.roembus.org/english/romanian_links/history_of_romanians.htm   About Nicolae Ceaucescu: The subject of the dictator during the time of communism in Romania is a subject that is emotional and controversial for Romanians. Those very reasons make this site very interesting. http://www.ceausescu.org   Images from the Hoover Archives: Trace the trajectory of Romanian history in the twentieth century. The selection provided here opens a window on a nation in the process of defining itself. http://www.hooverdigest.org/011/cosovanu3.html   ROMANIA'S QUEEN MARIA Queen Marie of Romania: Still pictures of the queen. Captures the times of the royal family in Romania. http://www.geh.org/ar/celeb/queen-marie_sld00001.html   Queen Maria Collection: Some of her photo albums, official and unofficial. Some of her writings, etc. http://www.tkinter.smig.net/QueenMarie/   PHOTO TOUR OF ROMANIA Pictures and insights of travelers to Romania: I came with my wife to experience how our European ancestors once lived. We stayed for a year with a peasant family hoping to better understand ourselves by seeing from whence we’d come... Great pictures of village life month by month through a whole year. Intriguing! http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/Romania.htm   "Visit" different parts of Romania by browsing this photo gallery. Easy to navigate, loads quickly. http://www.romanianvoice.com/images/index.html   Photo Gallery: Great pictures of this beautiful county! http://www.spirit.ro/cpg/index.php   ROMANIAN REVOLUTION Diary of a Revolution: Day by day accounts of events that changed Romania's destiny. Other pages of interest Era of Light http://www.beyondtheforest.com/Pages/RSR2.html   The Revolution was a coup: Another theory that is widely believed in Romania and perhaps true. Other pages of interest: The current situation in Romania and A Brief history of Romania. http://www.ummnorva.org/news/r_revolution.html