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Romanian architecture is very diverse, including medieval, pre-World War I, interwar, postwar, and contemporary 21st century architecture. In Romania, there are also regional differences with regard to architectural styles. Architecture, as the rest of the arts, was highly influenced by the socio-economic context and by the historical situation.
A burdei or bordei (Romanian: bordei, Ukrainian: бурдей) [1] is a type of pit-house or half-dugout shelter, somewhat between a sod house and a log cabin. This style is native to the Carpathian Mountains and forest steppes of Eastern Europe. In Romania, it is a traditional "rustic" house made of clay and built below the earth's surface.
Romanian Revival architecture (a.k.a. Romanian National Style, Neo-Romanian, or Neo-Brâncovenesc; Romanian: stilul național român, arhitectura neoromânească, neobrâncovenească) is an architectural style that has appeared in the late 19th century in Romanian Art Nouveau, [4] initially being the result of the attempts of finding a specific Romanian architectural style.
The Village Museum or formally National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" (Romanian: Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti") is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the King Michael I Park, Bucharest, Romania. The museum showcases traditional Romanian village life.
The queen transformed it into a royal residence in the 1920s, and today it is one of Romania's most popular visitor sites. It is open to tourists, who can view the inside alone or as part of a guided tour. Outside the castle is an open-air museum with traditional Romanian farm houses and manufacturing facilities.
Sibiu lies in Transylvania, a historical region of Romania. The eyes, which are a symbol and a tourist attraction of the city, have given Sibiu the nicknames of The City with Eyes, [1] The City Where Houses Don't Sleep [2] and the portmanteau Seebiu. [3] They vary in shape – most of them are trapezoid-shaped, others having rounded or ...
Painting by Carol Szathmari of Carol I sitting at his desk. Cotroceni Hill was also the place of residence of many of Romania's rulers for a time until 1883, when King Carol I of Romania received the residences and ordered them demolished with plans to build a much larger edifice in their stead which would serve to house the future heirs to his throne.
The Ștefania Palace (Romanian: Palatul Ștefania), previously known as Totisz Palace and in popular culture as the House with Monkeys, [1] is an emblematic building of the Fabric district in the western Romanian city of Timișoara. The building occupies the entire northern front of the quarter located between Stephen the Great Street, 3 August ...