01.03.2024 March marks the start of the most important project of 2024 for CRAI – FRI Center for Anti-Communist Resistance and History. Share Location: The Făgăraș Resistance is a documentary-theater performance based on the theme of communist resistance and the case study of the resistance in Țara Făgărașului – one...
15.08.2022 Graveyards, irrespective of their religious belonging, represent important research sources for studying various phenomena unfolding in the community where respective graveyards are located. Also, a funeral monument is in itself a historical source and can be often considered artistic and cultural heritage. Therefore, by researching such monuments we can...
23.03.2022 The Last(ing) Signs Archival Collection is creating the context for collecting deteriorating artefacts in public spaces which keep stories and symbolical meanings from XX century Romania. All images show objects that were once useful or carried certain meanings, but today they are rather useless and remain present in the...
22.03.2022 The FRI Community Archive is an independent community-based archive located in Calbor and Făgăraș, Romania. The archive works on the principles of participation, research, open access, and debate. Participation The archive collaborates with the local community that participates actively in the process of collecting archival records and collections. Our...
01.08.2021 While the Synagogue roof restoration workshop is taking place, between August 5-8 we organized a workshop for exploring different ways for the design of the Cultural Center. The workshop brought together 12 architects and students in architecture and experts on other relevant topics. During the workshop, the participants made...
05.04.2021 Paul Morbach, the ifa Cultural Manager of the German Community in Făgăraș, gave an interview about his stay and work in the region and made reference to our colleague Andrei Morar’s paper about the Făgăraș Synagogue, entitled “Sinagoga și comunitatea evreiască – istorie pierdută a Făgărașului”. For Paul Morbach,...
14.08.2020 On Friday, August 14, 2020, we held an online session about the research carried out by the young researchers from the Făgăraș Research Club. Ștefania Pică presented her research results on the topic “The Future between Passion and Pressure: What influences the young people from Făgăraș in choosing the...