Ministry of National Defence
Press release No. 148 28.05.2014
Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Monuments at Oarba de Mures and Gura Secu-Toplita

The Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa, will participate in a military and religious ceremony at 09.00, on Thursday, May 29, organized at Heroes` Monument of Oarba de Mures. From 11.00 he will participate in the military, religious and wreath-laying ceremony at the Heroes` Mausoleum of Gura Secu - Toplita.


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In the Mausoleum of Toplita, inaugurated in 1939, there are the bones of 771 Romanian soldiers who fell on duty during WW1. The monument was founded by the first patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Miron Cristea, who was born in Toplita.

MoND Press Office