Memorial en route back to BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 08:35 AM•Views: 15No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Farm on the Wallachian plainCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 08:42 AM•Views: 15No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Wallachian plainCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 09:30 AM•Views: 15No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Wallachian plainCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 09:30 AM•Views: 15No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Casa Scanteii (“House of the Spark”, 1957)Capture Date: Oct 3, 2013 10:20 AM•Views: 15No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Casa Scanteii (“House of the Spark”, 1957), Bucharest
A replica of the famous “Lomonosov” Moscow State University, this edifice built in the characteristic style of the large-scale Soviet projects, was intended to be representative to the new political regime and to assert the superiority of the Communist doctrine. Construction started in 1952 and was completed in 1957, a few years after Stalin’s death that occurred in 1953. Popularly known as Casa Scanteii (“House of the Spark”) after the name of the official gazette of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, Scanteia, it was made for the purpose of bringing together under one roof all of Bucharest’s official press and publishing houses. It is the only building in Bucharest featuring the “Hammer and Sickle”, the Red Star and other communist insignia carved into medallions adorning the façade.
Capture Date: Oct 3, 2013 10:23 AM•Views: 15
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 10:33 AM•Views: 20No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 10:35 AM•Views: 20No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 10:35 AM•Views: 21No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 10:36 AM•Views: 20No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Top of the Atheneum, BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2013 11:17 AM•Views: 20No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 3, 2014 10:42 AM•Views: 25No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Atheneum, Bucharest's Philharmonic
On one of the oldest and most representative artery which is Calea Victoriei, across the former Royal Palace, stands the Athenaeum, the celebrated symbol of the national culture, a prominent architectural and cultural heritage. As an institution dedicated to the “endowment of people with useful knowledge”, the Athenaeum Cultural Society had been founded as far back as 1865, but the construction of a suitable building started only three decades later, i.e. in 1886. The architect was the French Albert Galleron, who is also responsible for the construction of the National Bank Palace.
Capture Date: Oct 3, 2014 10:42 AM•Views: 26
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Carol I Royal Foundation Palace (1891-1893, enlarged 1914)
The statue of King Carol I stands proudly in the middle of the Palace Square, in front of the beautiful building bearing on the frontispiece the King’s name: “Fundatiunea Universitara Carol I”, “Carol I University Foundation”. Preoccupied with increasing the quality of education at all levels, in 1891, with the occasion of 25 years of his reign, King Carol I decided to create a library to be used by university students. “Choosing Ourselves the place of the future building, We wanted it to rise close to Our residence, under Our eyes and protection” The King revealed in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister.The King and the Queen personally donated a large part of the initial book endowment of the library.The Library was heavily damaged during the events of the December 1989 Revolution, when the roof was engulfed by fire. Thousands of manuscripts and rare books of inestimable value perished. Rehabilitation of the building and of the damaged books, records and collections lasted more than 10 yea
Capture Date: Oct 3, 2014 10:45 AM•Views: 26
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The Rebirth Memorial Eternal Glory to the Romanian Revolution and Its Heroes from December 1989″,
Nobody in Bucharest seems to like this monument which was added to the Revolution Square in 2005. Even though its official name is “The Rebirth Memorial Eternal Glory to the Romanian Revolution and Its Heroes from December 1989″, the citizens of Bucharest refer to it by various names including “potato on a stick” (the most common one) or “the donut/nut/meatball on a spike”, “the olive on a toothpick”, “the brain skewered on a spike” etc. Apparently its modern design has not appealed at all to the citizens of Bucharest. It is so controversial that last year some of the candidates for the seat of mayor of Bucharest declared that in case they will be elected they will move or demolish the monument
Capture Date: Oct 3, 2014 10:46 AM•Views: 25
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