The Roman Arenas is a newly built complex in Carol Park, in Bucharest, for outdoor performances. In 1918, thanks to the Great Union, the park has been named the “Freedom Park”, and the theater was also renamed the “Liberty Arenas”. The Summer Theatre, built after the Roman model, was built by the architect Leonida Negrescu, [...]
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“The Giants” statues
Posted by raluca on November 30th, 2010
Photo by dan_i45 “The Giants” statues are two statues now placed in Carol Park in Bucharest, on the main driveway of the park, near the entrance to the park from the June 11 Market. The 3.5 meters high statues, found at a distance of 50 meters apart, at the opposite ends of an perpendicular axis [...]
The Carol Park
Posted by raluca on November 30th, 2010
Photo by dan_i45 Carol Park or the Liberty Park is a park located in sector 4 of Bucharest, on Filaret Hill. The park was developed between 1900-1906 after the plans of the French landscape architect Eduard Redont and was inaugurated in 1906 to celebrate the 40 years of the reign of King Carol I. On [...]
Mocanita forester train
Posted by raluca on September 23rd, 2010
Mocanita is a forester train, whose use in Romania is becoming more and more limited – besides the great age of equipment and the big maintenance costs, Mocanita must face the new transport opportunities, with better reliability. However, beyond these difficulties, Mocanita survives – largely because the locals need to travel, but especially because it [...]
The Sighet Memorial
Posted by raluca on September 23rd, 2010
The Sighet Memorial is created under the leadership of the writer Ana Blandiana, since 1993, when the draft was submitted to the Council of Europe, which in 1995 was took under its aegis. The Victims of Communism Memorial was declared an “ensemble of national interest “. The Sighet Prison is one of the ‘ black [...]
