Carmen Sylva la Palatul Regal de la Stockholm
Pe data de 24 februarie va avea loc o seară culturală româno-suedeză în salonul Bibliotecii Bernadotte din incinta Palatului Regal de la Stockholm. În prim-plan se vor afla două personalităţi regale: regina Elisabeta a României (1843 – 1916), cunoscută sub pseudonimul
Gambrinus Ale House, A Stylish Ruin
Peeled off plaster, broken windows, rats scuttling at ease day and night. And above all, the filth. Complete and utter filth reigning supreme over a piece of downtown Bucharest. But also over a piece of our past. The only part still living is the sign above the door, reading
Nature And Architecture: The Parks And Gardens Of The Capital
Cismigiu gardens, Icoanei park, Kiseleff park (see also The green within in Gallery). Many of Bucharest’s gardens and parks, which no longer exist because of extensive urban reorganising, were shaped as the aristocracy tastefully redesigned the open space around their
Inns, Churches, Parks And Avenues
Bucharest became the capital of Wallachia in the middle of the sixteenth century in preference to the earlier sub‑Carpathian capitals of Câmpulung, Curtea de Argeş and Târgovişte. It became the capital of the united Romanian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia