Ioan Opriș, Înscrierea siturilor românești în Lista patrimoniului mondial / Inscription of the Romanian sites in the World Heritage List

Romania has recorded 8 wooden churches, 7 fortified churches, 6 Dacian fortresses, 8 churches with exterior mural painting from Moldova, a medieval city of Sighișoara, an orthodox monastery of Horezu from Oltenia and the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve into the World Heritage List. By their number, value, and expressiveness Romania has been rightly placed amongst the regional powers. The monumentality, the spectacularity and the splendor are found in each item recorded in the list on equal terms with quality, maintenance, community servitudes, active conservation and, respectively, with the subject of protection and prevention of major risk factors.