National Bank of Romania
The head office of the National Bank of Romania with the view of Lipscani Street is one of the most imposing and massive bank edifices in Romania, nowadays a historic, art monument, and protected as such. It was erected on the former site of the inn built by Șerban Cantacuzino (1678-1688).
On 26 February 1882, architects Cassien Bernard and Albert Galleron were assigned the task to blueprint the BNR Palace. The construction of the building in the eclectic style of the late 19th century, with some neo-classical elements, proceeded between 12 July 1884 (when the foundation stone was laid) and June 1890 under the direction of the architect engineer Nicolae Cerchez assisted by architect E. Băicoianu.
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:40 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Old town, BucharestCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:43 AM•Views: 11No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Restoration needed-Old Town, BucharestCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:43 AM•Views: 12No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Man Hole Cover, Old Town, BucharestCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:48 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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With our guide in Old TownCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:48 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Old Town-Gradually being restoredCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:51 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Old Town residentCapture Date: Oct 4, 2013 04:52 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Old Court Princely Church (1554)
The Old Court Church (1554) was part of the adjacent Princely Court, to which it was connected by a vaulted passage, and served for coronation ceremonies as well as worship place for Wallachian Princes for two hundred years. Fires and earthquakes, and invasions of Turks and Tatars struck many times the Princely Court and the surrounding area. Still The Old Court church survived, being considered the oldest one preserved in its original form in Bucharest.
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The Old Court Princely Church (1554)
The church is among the few remaining examples of the old Wallachian ecclesiastical architecture of Byzantine origin (see also Mihai Voda church), whose essential features, specific to the Balkan region, are small dimensions, three-apsed plan, tall and slender towers, simple exterior contrasting with the rich frescoed decoration of the interior, stone carved window frames. The decoration of the façade is typically provided by white and red strips made of visible bricks alternating with plaster. It is remarkable the decorative effect full of refinement achieved through simple means such as the alternation of the colors and the arrangement of the bricks.
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Hanul lui Manuc – Manuc’s Inn (1802)
The inn was built by the Armenian Emanuel Mârzaian, nicknamed by Turks “Manuc Bey”, a grain merchant, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Balkans in his times. Very clever and intelligent, speaking a dozen languages to perfection, Manuc was involved in both political and love intrigues being a real novel character. The ambitious merchant bought a piece of land that had been part of the Princely Court and decided to build a large inn that he wanted to differ from the existing ones, which were much more austere in appearance. Particularly distinguishing Manuc’s Inn, and conferring it the open and welcoming look, are the arcaded open galleries running around the courtyard on both levels. The arched arcades supported by carved wooden pillars originate in the rural Wallachian domestic architecture, and where quite common in Bucharest up to the half of the 19th century.
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Hanul lui Manuc – Manuc’s Inn (1802)
Once inside the large courtyard, one can easily imagine the tilt carts and the “mixture of costumes, merchants arrived from everywhere, townspeople, clergy, peasants and gypsies, all moving around, talking, negotiating, dealing, arguing“.
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Hanul lui Manuc – Manuc’s Inn (1802)
The glazed veranda above the entry gate, an architectural element widely spread in the Balkan-Ottoman influence area, is the finest of such original structures in the city. Manuc’s Inn is the only shingle-roofed building in central Bucharest -once very common, this type of roof was forbidden by the City Hall after the Big Fire of 1847.
Re-opened and brightly refurbished, Manuc’s Inn is considered “the last caravansary of South Eastern Europe”.
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