AZZURO SRL
The place
AZZURO SRL in Vrancea County, Focșani/Odobești area (Vrancea Carpathians, southern bend of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania), at 232 m elevation, on the southern slope of the Vrancea Carpathians. Continuous cluster of Eastern Carpathians, Romania (batches 210-385). Refuge/SRL company, a rural agritourism business (AZZURO, Italian for "blue," a heritage name + Vrancea, the "Land of Wine," Romania's largest wine-growing region, 55,000 ha + Focșani, a historic wine town + Carpathian heritage, 130,000 ha, 1980 + ancient beech forest, UNESCO 2007/2011, Beech Forests, 100,000 ha across 12 European countries + heritage of the Romanians/Vrancea people (an Italic-Latin people, 20 million, Romanian language derived from Latin + Emperor Trajan, 98-117 AD, conquest of Dacia, 106 AD + Ștefan cel Mare, 1457-1504, defender against the Ottomans, 47 battles + Vlad Țepeș, 1431-1476, model for Bram Stoker's Dracula + Michael the Brave, 1601, brief union of the three principalities of Wallachia/Moldavia/Transylvania + Nicolae Ceaușescu, 1965-1989, 24-year dictator, executed on Christmas Day, 25 December 1989, after a six-week revolution + NATO membership 2004, EU membership 2007).
The setting
Vrancea, Focșani/Odobești, Vrancea Carpathians, southern bend of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania, 232 m, southern slope of the Vrancea Carpathians, continuous cluster batches 210-385, refuge/SRL agritourism business, AZZURO Italian for blue + Vrancea "Land of Wine" 55,000 ha + Focșani wine town + Carpathian heritage 130,000 ha 1980 + beech forest UNESCO 2007/2011 100,000 ha across 12 countries, Romanians/Vrancea people, Italic-Latin, 20 million, Romanian from Latin + Trajan 98-117 Dacia 106 + Ștefan cel Mare 1457-1504 Ottomans 47 battles + Vlad Țepeș 1431-1476 Dracula + Michael the Brave 1601 union of 3 principalities + Ceaușescu 1965-1989 24 years executed 25 Dec 1989 + NATO 2004 EU 2007.
