[1] In the beginning of the 20th century, migrants from Romania (and specifically from the Romanian province of Bessarabia (modern-day Moldova)) immigrated to Brazil.

Among the Romanians, many were ethnic Germans, Jews and Poles who resided in Romania at the time.

But for the majority of people who left their homes at the time the main reason was the economic situation.

[7] Romanian immigrants settled in several communities in the extreme west of Santa Catarina, mainly Mondaí and Itapiranga.

In the community of Linha Santo Antônio, in the interior of the municipality of Itapiranga, there is today a replica of a cross in honor of the village of Krasna.