Astro-cultural Tourism in Romania - Another Way of Doing Astronomy Education: Elisabeta Ana Naghi at the OAE's 3rd Shaw-IAU Workshop

Victor Anestin – considered to be the father of Romanian amateur astronomy: "Numbers and long equations are not the bait with which the admirers of heaven can be caught". In the last few years, we have witnessed a series of private inquiries unveiling a special kind of astronomical heritage in Romania. We group the main objects of interest for the Romanian astro-cultural tourist into the following list: 1) Astronomical ornaments to be found on old village houses, 2) Astronomical timekeeping devices, sundials, 3) Cosmological representations inside churches. The list may go on but what is most important is the fact that astro-cultural tourism can be a good starting point for astronomical education in the case of youngsters, adults and the elderly alike.