Bucharest – Page 4 – Walking. Gossip. Travel.

Bucharest – Pasajul Macca-Vilacrosse

This shopping centre is perhaps the earliest surviving in Bucharest, constructed in 1891 and named after Xavier Villacrosse, a former

The Church of St. Anthony is the oldest standing church in its original form which is left in Bucharest, dating

This painting is by Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907) and was painted in 1880. Grigorescu is apparently one of the founders of

This artwork of a Catholic Church in Câmpulung was painted by Theodor Aman in 1875. The Romanian artist lived from

This artwork, entitled The Revolutionary Romania, is by Constantin Daniel Rosenthal and was painted in 1850. Rosenthal lived from 1820

I thought that this looked modern when I first saw it, given that it has something of a cartoony feel

I liked this painting, there seems to be quite some depth to it, which is of Grigorie Brâncoveanu (1764 –

This half-buried house dates to the beginning of the nineteenth century and it was brought to the museum in 1949

Work on this religious building started in 2007 and it’s starting to come to an end now and it will

This nifty swing is from Zăpodeni, in eastern Romanian near to the border with Moldova. It’s relatively modern for this