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the Macedo-romanian cause, they are Fr. Mistral, th. Aubanel and Anfons
tavan. 15
Frederic Donnadieux considers the album being “a monument of
confraternity more than a literary one”. V. Alecsandri sent a letter to V.A.
urechia informing him that the poet leon Berluc considers the album “a
testament of the alliance of the seven latin literature” and he wants it to be
famous. 16
V.A. urechia participated with studies to the most important
international congresses propagating the feeling of latin membership in
different capitals of europe. he will make the most impressive motion for
the Macedo-romanian in october, 1899, in rome where he participated to
the orientals Congress as a delegate and president of romanian section. he
presented officially the Macedo-romanian to europeans, he took with him
the flag of the Cultural Macedo-romanian Society. he was accompanied
by a special delegate of this society and he put it “like a saint mission” to
traian’s Column monument and he also put a beautiful bronze wreath. he
makes a speech showing latinity, the noble origin the of the romanians
from Carpathians and Balkan. 17
he is a model of the way he succeeded in activating and reactivating in
the european conscience the existence of Balcan Vlachs and the necessity
of defending this population.
In november 1900, the Macedo-romanian addressed him “homage
to Mr. V.A. urechia the venerable founder and the Vice-president of
Cultural Macedo-romanian Society”. Beside the scientific point and the
refund of this personality, venerated by contemporaries and the meanings
of his facts, we want to submit this paper and like a modest contribution of
this symposium, an important anniversary moment celebrated this year –
150 years from the first official call of romanian State for the romanian
reawaking and integration of South Danube’s brothers, by the foundation
of the Macedo-romanian Comittee. We consider that V.A. urechia is the
most suitable to be raised for such an important moment.
15 these romanian-provençal brotherhood relations were manifested in the context
in which romania joined the ranks of older latin sisters (France, provence, Catalonia,
Italy), after the competition in Montpellier, in 1878, when “Cântecul gintei latine...” of V.
Alecsandri was crowned as the hymn of the people of latin. See also Manuscriptum, 21,
nr. 3-4, (1990): 175.
16 AleCSAnDrI, Vasile, Corespondenţe (Bucureşti: EsPlA, 1960): 242.
17 petreSCu-BIrInA, Virgiliu, StoICeSCu, Virgiliu and nAuM, Const. I., op.
cit., 175.