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The Art Museum in Piatra-Neamt

You will find the Art Museum in Liberty Square , in the center of the city. It was opened in 1980, being one of the newest museum of Romania and at start the works in it's collections were from the Piatra-Neamt Collection of Art, started in 1964 and putting together both donations and acquisitions. The building dates from the 1930's,...

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Gheorghe Petrascu Museum in Targoviste

The Gheorghe Petrascu Museum in Targoviste is both a memorial house and an art studio, having been officially opened in April 1970, to remember or inform visitors about the close ties between the artist and the city. Gheorghe Petrascu moved here in 1922, building a house here, as he needed a place to live and work that was both...

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Vasile Parvan Museum in Barlad

In Barlad there is museum that bears the name of one of the most important historians and researchers of Romania : Vasile Parvan. This museum is also the best in the region, having a large and varied collection, nowadays divided into four distinct sections : history, art, natural science, famous people...

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Ion Creanga Memorial House in Iasi

The Romanian name of the major cultural landmark in Iasi is "Bojdeuca Ion Creanga", which could be translated as "small and poor old house". The memorial house on Simion Barnutiu Street is by all means a work of art and piece of history, yet it is surely not very impressive. Small and old, it still stands due to the ambitious...

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Theatre Museum in Iasi

On Vasile Alecsandri Street, No 5, Iasi, you will find the building of the Theatre Museum, officially opened in 1976, one of the best cultural institutions dedicated to the theatrical world and history, but also an important landmark of the city. This museus was opened on December 14 th 1976 , 160 years since the...

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George Topirceanu Memorial House in Iasi

On Rater Street , No 7, in Iasi , admirers of the works of George Topirceanu, one of the most important and popular Romanian poets of the 20 th century, who also influenced much of contemporary poetry. The actual house was owned by the writer Demostene Botez, who was a close friend of Topirceanu. Built at the end of the 19 th century - the...

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The National Museum of Art in Cluj-Napoca

Founded in 1951, the National Museum of Art in Cluj-Napoca has a rich and varied collection of Romanian and European art, mainly painting, graphical works and decorative art, from the 15 th - 20 th century, surely worth a visit even if you're not an art fanatic. At start, the first...

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D. P. Perpessicius Memorial House in Braila

Although the name of Perpessicius (actually a pen name) might not be so familiar to today's audience, he was one of the best and most tallented Romanian critics of all times, mainly due to the fact that he was one of the few to really study and write about the famous notebooks of Mihai Eminescu, a treasure of the greatest value, still...

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The Art Museum in Braila

The Art Department of the Museum of Braila can be found in the Traian Square , No 3, and it is one of the most important museums of the city, with an impressive and varied collection and some surprising permanent exhibits. It can be visited from Wednesday to Sunday. The idea of opening an art museum in Braila ,...

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Panait Istrati Memorial House in Braila

Although Panait Istrati did not live in this memorial house, situated in the Public Gardens of Braila , it is only fitting that this small building was deemed suitable for a museum. After all, it was close to this place that he used to stay and look at the Danube and it's surroundings, thinking about his stories and past,...

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The History Museum in Sibiu

Part of the Brukenthal Museum , the History Museum in Sibiu is hosted - how appropriate - inside the Old City Hall , a magnificent building, which has proven to be the best choice for the prestigious institution. This old buildings, also known as the Altemberger House (by the name of the mayor who began it's...

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The Story of the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu

The Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu is certainly one of the most important cultural and historical landmarks of Romania , a place rich in tradition, collections and legends, where one could discover, step by step, various exhibits of tremendous value and often impressive beauty. One of the oldest museums of Romania , in a city...

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Natural Science Museum in Craiova

Oltenia Museum - the Natural Science Department Another interesting department of the Oltenia Museum , this impressive building is sadly little known, despite the fact that it's collections are rich and varied, being one of the few museums of Natural Science of this size, in this part of Europe . Some...

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History Museum in Craiova

As the Oltenia Museum has several departments, all of them being actual independent museum, you can continue your cultural experience here with a visit to the History and Archaeology Department, which you will find in a beautiful building, on Madona Dudu Street No 44. It is here that you will have the chance of...

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Oltenia Museum - the Ethnography Museum

A special and beautiful museum, hosted in the Bania House (Casa Baniei), which is a major architectural and historical monument of Craiova , dating way back from 1699, at a time when the province was ruled by Constantin Brancoveanu. It was built on the site of the old houses of the Craiovesti boyars, dating from the 15 th century....

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The Art Museum in Craiova

The Art Museum in Craiova Since 1954 it is hosted by the Jean Mihail Palace , an elegand and large structure, appropriate for such a cultural institution. The Art Museum in Craiova is one of the most important and appreciated Romanian museums, due both to the quality and richness of the...

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What to see in Iasi ?

The "Mihai Eminescu" Central University Library : it is one of the best, with a huge and varied collection of books, documents, manuscripts, magazines and newspapers, both Romanian and foreign, some of them of great interest. The building was erected in 1930 - 1934, by the architect Constantin Jotzu and the engineer Emil Prager, and was...

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Churches and Monasteries in Iasi

"Sf Nicolae Domnesc" Church : the Dosoftei House was the property of the church in the past. This is one of the oldes and most important churches of Romania , having been built in 1491 - 1492 by Stefan cel Mare, and restored at the end of the 19 th century, thus being the oldest religious construction in Iasi , still standing. It...

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Places to See in Iasi

Iasi is not only one of the best known and important Romanian cities, but also one where you will find many things and places to see, most of them with their own, rich stories, that weave an intricate history of the whole city. It is a pity not to come here and visit at least a few of the batch of sights, buildings, monuments, for you would only...

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Banat Museum in Timisoara

In the Huniade Square , No 1, in Timisoara , visitors can find one of the best and most representative museums in the region - and one of the most interesting in Romania - the Banat Museum , and old and highly appreciated cultural institution. Due to it's history, the richness and variety of it's collections and last but not least...

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Churches in Sighisoara

Among the many other architectural wonders, Sighisoara has several churches, very old and beautiful. But two among these stand out from the very first time you visit them, and are bound to be nice memories for your trip. The first one is the Church of the Dominican Monastery (Biserica Manastirii Dominicane), close to...

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Polirom Writer s Scholarships

For the second year running, Polirom Publishing House (Iasi) is giving three writer's scholarships to three important Romanian authors, this time the three being Radu Aldulescu, Matei Florian and Livia Rosca. The first will receive a scholarship in the amount of 2000 Euros, the second 1500 Euro and the third 1000 euro. While the first, Radu...

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Liviu Rebreanu Memorial House (Bucharest)

In one of the best, most elegant and beautiful districts of Bucharest, Cotroceni, you can find the Liviu Rebreanu Memorial House, in fact an apartament of GH Marinescu Street, No 19, second floor, apartament 11, a special place dedicated to one of the most important and talented of the 20 th century Romanian writers. In fact, even if we speak...

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Museum of Bucharest (Sutu Palace)

Sutu Palace is right in the center of Bucharest, on I.C. Bratianu Bvd, No 2, near the University of Bucharest, and is not only a beautiful, classical building, with rich interior and exterior decorations, but also a cultural landmark of great importance, as it houses the Museum of Bucharest, a place where one could find everything and anything...

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Vasile Grigore Art Museum in Bucharest

This small private museum, on Maria Rosetti Str, No 29, Bucharest , is surprisingly rich and varied, with a great number of rare exhibits, all the result of the long time passion of collector Vasile Grigore. Over the years, this devouted collector has gathered several hundred works of art, ranging from Japanese art to creations signed by the...

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Art Collections Museum - Bucharest

The Art Collections Museum in Bucharest is hosted in an old villa, one of those beautiful classical, historical buildings in the Romanian capital - Romanit Palace - on Victory Avenue , No 111. This old and elegant house was built in the first years of the 19th century, and in about 1830 was bought by Grigore...

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Gala Galaction Memorial House

On the street with the same name, No 51, in Bucharest , visitors can find - not very easy - an almost centenial house (built in 1912) where the Gala Galaction Memorial House is hosted. Gala Galaction was a major Romanian writer, very important especially in the interwar period, considered still by many to be the Golden Age of Romanian culture,...

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Ion Minulescu Memorial House - Bucharest

The memorial house of one of the most important Romanian poets, Ion Minulescu, is actually a large apartament, and can be found on Bvd Dr Gheorghe Marinescu, No 19, second floor, apartament no 12. It's whole name is "Ion Minulescu and Claudia Millian Memorial House", the museum (opened in 1991) trying to present the atmosphere in which...

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Saint Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest

The Saint Joseph Cathedral is by far one of the most beautiful churches in Bucharest - and Romania - and most likely the most important Roman Catholic in the country. A splendid mix of Roman style with certain Gothic elements, carefully chosen and introduced, the result being a combination of massivity, elegance and beauty. This church made...

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Odeon Theatre - Bucharest

On Victory Avenue (Calea Victoriei), one of the most important avenues in Bucharest , those who love theatre can discover or rediscover the Odeon Theatre, at No 40-42. It is one of the best theatres in Bucharest , having been founded in 1946. Since then, it has made it's mark on contemporary Romanian culture, and several of the actors and...

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