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Vama Veche is a commune in Romania on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria. A commune (comună in Romanian) is, along with the municipality, the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. ...
Map of the Black Sea. ...
The name literally means "Old customs point", named after the Cadrilater was included in Romania in 1913. In 1940, however, that region was ceded to Bulgaria, and the village was once again near the border. Southern Dobruja (Dobrudzha in Bulgarian, Dobrogea de sud or Cadrilater in Bulgaria comprising the two former administrative districts named for its two principal cities of Dobrich and Silistra. ...
Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Even in Communist Romania, Vama Veche had a reputation as a non-mainstream tourist destination, which has only grown since the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Famous for its nude beach, as of 2005 it is experiencing development and gentrification, which has led to a "Save Vama Veche" campaign that is lobbying for the area's environmental conservation and a halt to development and mass tourism. A major part of the Save Vama Veche campaign is the 2004 founding of the Stufstok music festival. The August 2004 festival drew a crowd of about 10,000. The Soviets pressed for inclusion of Romanias heretofore negligible Communist Party in the post-war government, while non-communist political leaders were steadily eliminated from political life. ...
A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...
People on the streets of Bucharest The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of riots and protests in late December of 1989 that overthrew the Communist regime of Nicolae CeauÅŸescu. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
During the communist era, concern for border patrol sight lines spared Vama Veche the development that occurred in other Romanian Black Sea resorts. It became a hangout for intellectuals; for reasons that are not exactly clear, the generally repressive regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu chose to tolerate this countercultural oasis, as long as people had their identity papers with them. Accommodations consisted of tents or rooms rented from peasants or fishermen. [1] For other people named Ceausescu or CeauÅŸescu, see Ceausescu (disambiguation). ...
In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream, a cultural equivalent of a political Opposition. ...
Vama Veche is located at 28.3 E longitude, 43.5 N latitude. Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...
Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ...
External links - Save Vama Veche campaign
- Stufstok music festival
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