Costache Aristia
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Costache or Kostake Aristia was a Wallachian-born poet, actor and translator, also noted for his activities as a soldier, schoolteacher, and philanthropist. A member of the Greek colony, his adolescen
Louis Dupré's portrait of Costache Aristia, ca. 1824
German print of 1821, depicting Sava Fochianos' Arnauts, under a cross-bearing flag, being massacred by the Ottoman Army in Bucharest
Print showing the public burning of Regulamentul Organic in September 1848
Leaders of the Wallachian uprising in a contemporary group portrait; Aristia is bottom left, and Ion Heliade Rădulescu top left
Cezar Bolliac
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Cezar or Cesar Bolliac, also known as Boliac, Boliacu, Boliak and Boleac, was a Wallachian and Romanian writer, scholar, and political figure. Although born to non-Romanian parents, he joined the loca
Bolliac in 1870
Church of the Poiana Mărului Monastery