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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

Bucharest – An Oddity Surviving Against All Odds

Bucharest (Rom. Bucureşti) has been some sort of oddity since the very first days of its existence. The legend has it that it was founded by a shepherd, named Bucur, and it was later named after him. Not remotely as glorious a godparent as the goddess of wisdom (the case

The Past: Plus Quam Perfectum

Bucharest is a city in search of identity. Its precise moment of birth is unknown, for the Cetatea Dîmboviţei of the 14th and 15th centuries only played host to its rulers when they occasionally came to ward off threats from south of the Danube or Hungarian attacks form

Saint Dimitrie Basarabov The New, Protector Of Bucharest

St. Dimitrie (Demetrius) Basarabov the New, the patron saint of Bucharest, is one of the most memorable representatives of Christian life, and his relics are kept in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. St. Dimitrie was born and lived in the 13th century on the bank of

The History Of Nothing: Contemporary Architecture And Public Space In Romania

Richard Rogers Partnership proposal, 1996People's House (Parliament) After 1989: Methods of researching the built environmentResearching Communist architecture is a tricky endeavor in contemporary Romania, where some major actors of that era are still alive, some even

Little Paris

top row: Lipscani diggings, Unirea shoping center, house in Romanian Peasant Museum yard, National Museum of Contemporary Art bottom row: Collections Museum on Calea Victoriei, University Sq. , dilapidated building on Lipscani St. , old house on Mantuleasa St. It seems

What I Understand By A Capital

clockwise from top left: Coltei Church, Manuc's Inn, St. Anthony's Old Court Church, Metropolitan Church, Mihai Voda Church, Cretzulescu Church, St. Apostles' Church, St. George's Church. The administrative efforts that very enthusiastic and dedicated

Los Judios Españoles - Prefacio

El año 1492, a la vez con el descubrimiento del Nuevo Mundo, ha representado un paso gigantesco en la historia de la humanidad. Pero, al mismo tiempo, es la fecha de un acontecimiento que ha marcado profundamente y para siempre el futuro de España, ya que en aquel entonces

Valores Hispanicos Desde Una Perspectiva Rumana

DEL HUMOR, DE LA RISA Y, SOBRE TODO, DE SU VARIANTE HISPANICA Habrá, por cierto, lectores - y, personalmente, creo que serán muy numerosos - quienes, terminada la lectura y bajo la posible influencia de los pensamientos retozones y las palabras juguetonas tan abundantes

Semblanza. Alexandru Cioranescu, La Pasion Del Investigador

El azar y la necesidad lograron que don Alejandro Cioranecu, rumano universal, recalara en las costas culturales y amistosas de Canarias hace casi cincuenta años. Asilo de un exiliado, Tenerife, acogedora de lo bueno que nos llega, le abrió los brazos y los archivos. La

George Enescu En La Memoria Del Tiempo. Pablo Casals Sobre George Enescu

Lo considero uno de los mayores genios de la música moderna  El violoncelista, director de orquesta, profesor y compositor Pablo Casals (1876 – 1973) hizo sus estudios musicales en el Conservatorio de Barcelona y Madrid y se perfeccionó en Bruselas. Violoncelista en

Exitos Liricos Rumanos En España: Viorica Cortez

“Enciclopedia de una carrera” por Adolf Armbruster Barcelona, Gran Teatro del LiceoG. Donizetti: La Favorita / el papel: Leonora di GuzmanDirector de orquesta: Adolfo Camozzo / Director de escena: Diego Monjocon: Jaime Aragall / Luigi Ottolini (23 de noviembre), Vicente