Acasa 12 Greetings from Romania4 (Craiova2)

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Greetings
from
Romania
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Craiova Dolj County Prefecture
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Craiova, Romania's 6th largest city and capital
of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of
the river Jiu in central Oltenia
Former Hotel Palace, former seat BCR Craiova,
Craiova City Hall administrative building today
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City Hall administrative building
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Former Hotel Palace, former seat BCR Craiova,
Craiova City Hall administrative building today
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Craiova, Casa Alba
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Craiova, City Centre
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Biserica Mântuleasa rebuilt from stone and brick
Gothic Byzantine in 1896
Biserica Sfântul Ilie
St. Elias Church was built in 1720 after being
rebuilt in 1893
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Craiova, City Centre
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An interesting building, vigorous, popular with
architectural character, is the former
Administrative Palace, the Prefecture and County
Council County. Opera of the architect Petre
Antonescu, the building was built between
1912-1913.
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Craiova, Madona Dudu Cathedral
Craiova, which occupied the site of the Dacian
and Roman city Pelendava, was formerly the
capital of Oltenia. One of the most important
geto - dacian settlement of the Craiova aeria was
Pelendava, dating since the period 400 - 350 BC.
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Biserica Sfânta Treime (Holy Trinity Church)
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Carol I High School
At the beginning of the 2nd century AD, the
Romans have built here a Roman camp, made from
hard soil, afterwards made from rock and bricks
(during the time of Hadrian, 117 - 138)
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The Automobile Craiova factory, formerly owned by
Daewoo, after Daewoo's bankruptcy, was sold in
September 2007 to Ford who will produce in
Romania the B-Max model, a small class mono
volume.
Ugly modern pile at a central intersection
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The University of Craiova 32000 students, in
various fields embracing 120 specializations.
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Another great building is the former Bank of
Commerce, now the City Hall of Craiova
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Designed by architect Ion Mincu is completed in
1916 by Constantin Iotzu student. The building
has a rich interior decorated with stucco,
stained glasses, Venetian mosaics and wrought
iron grills
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Craiova - St. Dumitru Church, rebuilt by the
French architect André Lecomte du Nouy
(1844-1914) between 1889 - 1893, with the support
of the Romanian royal family, King Carol I and
Queen Elisabeta
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Craiova the Church of Saint Demetrius Painting
was made in three stages by French painters Emil
Menpiot and Bories, ending in 1933
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Craiova the Church of Saint Demetrius
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"Marin Sorescu" Craiova National Theatre (arh.
Alexandru Iotzu 1974)
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"Marin Sorescu" Craiova National Theatre (arh.
Alexandru Iotzu 1974)
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Oltenia History-Archeology Museum was founded on
1 April 1915
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The "Romanescu park in Craiova
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One of the most famous attractions in Craiova is
the park "Romanescu. This park is unique in
Romania and is also one of the most interesting
achievements of its kind in Europe. This
important initiative belongs to Nicholas P.
Romanescu Craiovas Mayor at the time. The
project, created by French architect E. Redont,
was awarded the Gold Medal at the Paris
International Exhibition in 1900. The work took
nearly three years. Bold solutions were used for
construction, unusual for that time, were
implanted valuable species of trees, we aimed to
create a picturesque setting romantic and
generous with his poetry (suspension bridge, the
ruined castle, bridges over the river, imitation
rocks , shelters, gazebos, fences, bridge,
imitating trunks of trees, swans island, jetty).
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Total area of the park "Romanescu covers over 96
ha
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The Minerva Complex
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In 1898 started the construction of a large
building - by architect Thomas Dobrescu and D.
Nedelcu, building with more destinations, hotel,
restaurant, brasserie and terrace, completed in
1903.
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The Moorish hall Sala maura
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Minerva hosted important people General
Charles de Gaulle, Chou-En-Lai, King Pahlavi of
Iran, President Gomulka of Poland and so many
others.
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The Jean Mihail Palace (now the Art Museum),
built between 1899-1907 by French architect Paul
Gottereau at the request of Michael Constantine -
one of Romania's richest people of those times.
The palace was intended for private housing.
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The building used to have the best quality
materials.
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Valuable stucco, partly gilded, skylights,
Venetian mirrors, painted ceilings, Murano
crystal chandeliers, columns, Carrara marble
staircases, silk upholstered walls Lyon,
paneling, furniture style, hardware ... all gave
the rooms a air of elegance and refined taste.
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The palace was covered with slate and has started
the electrical installation and central heating.
Michael Constantine died in 1908, and will return
to the palace youngest son, Jean Michael.
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Today the heritage of the museum has over 12,000
works of painting, sculpture and graphics,
carefully grouped by school and work periods
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Antonio Canova
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Museums main attraction is the art gallery
dedicated to Constantin Brâncusi, exhibiting six
of his early sculptures (including variants of
his best-known works) The Kiss (1907), Vitellius
(1898), Woman Torso (1909), The Vainglory (1905),
Boy's Head (1906), Miss Pogany (1902).
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Dan Scurtu (contemporary painter living in
Craiova) Muzeul de Arta Craiova
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Covor traditional oltenesc
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Dumitru Ghiata (1888-1972) Art Movement
Post-Impressionism
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Dumitru Ghiata (1888-1972)
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Theodor Aman (1831 1891) Doamna pictând, ulei
pe lemn, 1862
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Biserica Sfânta Treime (Holy Trinity Church)
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