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-The [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site|List of World Heritage Sites]] includes Romanian sites such as the [[Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania]], the [[Painted churches of northern Moldavia]] with their fine exterior and interior frescoes, the [[Wooden Churches of Maramures]] unique examples that combine Gothic style with traditional timber construction, the citadel of [[Sighişoara]] and the [[Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains]]. Also, in [[2007]], the city of [[Sibiu]] will be the [[European Capital of Culture]] alongside the city of [[Luxembourg]]. 
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The culture of Romania is rich and varied. Like Romanians themselves, it is fundamentally defined as the meeting point of three regions: Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, but cannot be fully included in any of them. The Romanian identity formed on a substratum of mixed Roman and quite possibly Dacian elements (although the latter is controversial), with many other influences. During late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the major influences came from the Slavic peoples who migrated and settled in nearby Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine and eventually Russia; from medieval Greeks and the Byzantine Empire; from a long domination by the Ottoman Empire; from the Hungarians; and from the Germans living in Transylvania. Modern Romanian culture emerged and developed over roughly the last 250 years under a strong influence from Western culture, particularly French and German culture.

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