Romania 1984-1986 seen from U.S. Embassy
Posted on Aug 28, 2013 in Bucharest, Comunist period, History, Other | 2 comments

Romania 1984-1986 seen from U.S. Embassy

The photographer worked at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest between 1984-1986 and as anyone would have done in his place has took photographs. They are personal images photographed in the capital, but also at the country roads, images in the current context, considering the socio-political developments from 1984 to the present, are important documents. The “Scînteia Building,” offices of the Communist Party...
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Romanian army in Budapest
Posted on Aug 14, 2013 in Events, History, Museum, Romanian Army, Romanian Kingdom, Transylvania | 4 comments

Romanian army in Budapest

The war between Kingdom of Romania and Hungary Bolshevik began on the night of 15 to April 16, 1919 when the Hungarian Communist army attack  Romanian military posts . Romanian counteroffensivetook four days and reached the lineof the Apuseni Mountains and Tisa River . We collected here some pictures illustrating the liberation of Transylvania and Hungary, including Budapest, by the Romanian Army in the summer of 1919, images from the archive Military Museum in Bucharest General Panaitescu the the hotel terrace Gellert in...
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Terracotta Warriors from China visiting Bucharest
Posted on Aug 8, 2013 in Bucharest, Events, Exhibitions, History, Museum | 0 comments

Terracotta Warriors from China visiting ...

This summer, the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest hosted the exhibition Treasures of China. It is the largest exhibition organized by China in a museum in Romania, artefacts from 11 museums and cultural institutions in the PRC. The most impressive exhibits are four parts terracotta warriors and horse size terracotta. They come from the archaeological site near Xi’an, China, where they were discovered several decades ago, buried among other 8000 similar...
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