1. Colegiul Agricol Nicolae Corneanu TULCEA Romanian Legends
1964 COLEGIUL AGRICOL NICOLAE CORNEANU TULCEA
2. The legend of "Curtea de Arges" Monastery In the tranquil
town of Curtea de Arges, near the Carpathian Range , lay one of the
most famous monasteries in Romania. This beautiful monastery was
ordered to be erected by King Basarab I, also known as Basarab
Black Heart due to his well known cruelty. But the church is not
only known for its wonderful masonry work and frescoes, but rather
for the legend of Manole.King Basarab ordered the construction of
the church to the architect Manole. It is said that the King wanted
to build the most beautiful church ever. Manole set down to work,
but everything that was constructed during the day fell down at
night. Work was never finished. Fearing the King's rage, Manole and
his co-workers consulted an oracle who told them that in order for
the church to stand it needed a soul, a human soul. For that
reason, if they ever wanted to finish up their work they would have
to wall alive the first person that would approach the church with
the first rays of sunrise.
3. Although they thought this was rather cruel, they agreed,
thinking of the King's mandate and reputation. Manole's heart froze
when the first person that showed up next day, with the first rays
of sunshine was his wife, pregnant with his own child.She had
decided to give him a surprise by bringing him breakfast since he
had not gone back home to sleep that night. The legend sings the
bitter tears that Manole wept having to see his wife sacrificed for
the church he was constructing. He asked the winds and the rain to
help him, but to no avail. No one could deliver Manole's wife from
such cruel death. But the legend does not end there. When the
church was finally ended, the King ordered Manole and his
companions to be locked in one of the towers of the monastery.King
Basarab was so obviously satisfied with the outcome of their work
that he did not want them to reveal to any other prince their
secrets. The church would remain unique in its beauty. However,
Manole, built himself a pair of wings and tried to escape jumping
from the tower where he was condemned to die. His flight was short.
He just managed to fly a few meters, but precipitated himself to
the ground killing himself. The legend has it that in he spot where
he fell a fountain rose.If anybody visits the monastery in Curtea
de Arges he will be shown where Manole's wife was walled in and the
fountain that sprang in the spot where the unfortunate architect
died.Ionut StalenoiThe fountain
4. The monastery inside
5.
Once upon a time in this country lived two brothers, Vlad and
Toma who were enemies. One of them, Vlad, the leader of the
fortress on the top of Pucioasa mountain, other was the leader of a
fortress situated on the place were the lakes lies today. Vlad won
gambling a beautiful carriage and that's way Toma , made a bet. He
promised that he will came with a more beautiful carriage.
In order win the bet, Toma order for eight girls to be
harnessed to his carriage. Because the carriage was too heavy, the
girls could not moved, so the leader began to lash them. One of the
girls ,called Ana, cursed the bad waster. The girls curst was
become reality. In that moment the storm started: the sky became
dark, thundered, raged and the ground started moving. The lover of
the fortress crashed and after it the all fortress. After the
nature pull down, on the place where was the fortress appeared a
blue lake where floating twelve swans. Far away of them a dragon
straggled trying to catch all twelve swans. The swans floating
beautiful ,in quite; then them crossing on the land; them shake and
transformed in girls. Them quickened o arrived quick in their
village, just Ana remained there. She built a chapel on bottom the
lake and here she spent her live in prayer.
That's why the people called Saint Ana and the lake Saint Ana's
lake.
Chiricuta Alexandru
The Saint Ana lake's legend
6.
Avery rich king of the country had a daughter called Neagra
(The Black girl). All the teenagers fell in love with her , but she
didn't want to get married. One of the young men who fell in love
with her decided to go to war against her father to get her. Her
father had to answer by sending an army. Neagra was very angry
because a stranger dared to propose to her and he went in the front
of the army.
In the middle of the battle, she saw her suitor and she cut off
his head. The pagans conquered the country .But the girl and her
father gathered some soldiers and they sent away the enemy. The
girl was watched by the suitor's father and wounded in the chest.
Neagra was carried to the brook called after her name. The women
washed her in running water. Suddenly the water became Blake. Since
then that brook is called Neagra and the meadow where she was
buried is called the Neagra's meadow until today.
Dobre Cristina
The Black meadow Legend
7. Girl's Pool Legend
Long time ago, when the many regions of the country were
invaded by Turks, in Nufaru village lived a beautiful and delicate
girl who was the Prince's daughter. One day, the Turks reached in
the village. The Turk's leader saw the girl and he wanted her as
his slave. The girl didn't want to lose her honor and to leave her
family, so she started to run. The Turk's leader, on his white
horse, tried to catch her. The girl ran till she was tired and she
fell down on a mountain path. But when she saw that the Turk was
very close to her, she continued to run on that path which ended
into a precipice. When she saw the Turk drawing near, she threw
herself into the precipice. When she was falling down, she
transformed in a treasure, which was covered by water. The
precipice was transformed in a doomed pool. One day, a villager
wanted to take the treasure but he never saw it because he died.
Since then nobody has ever had the courage to dig up the
treasure.