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Badea Cartan, the self-taught peasant who traveled on foot to Rome – celebrated in Sinaia on the occasion of the Unification Day

January 12, 2017

Of all the Romanian localities where Unification Day is celebrated by organizing events, there is one that certainly stands out. It is Sinaia, the famous resort on the Prahova Valley, where a tradition was born to also celebrate, on January 24, Badea Cartan’s birthday; he’s the self-taught peasant who traveled on foot to Italy, Rome, […]

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