Balcic Castle
The Balcic castle was build by Queen Mary of Romania in interbelic period. Castle complex includes a botanical park, residential villas more, a room of smokers, a cellar, a monastery, a source of water and various other buildings. Via:...
Gipsy palaces
Not beautiful for most of us, but indeed impressive, huge, weird looking and hard not to look when you pass one. Via:...
Antiimperialist propaganda
This album of cartoons represents a gift offered by German Antifascist Committee of RPR to Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej , the leader of Romanian Communist Party , at the age of 50 years. Via:...
Memories from communism. Part I
Here are presented few common objects for romanians in communist period. Via: Communism in Romania
Romanians at Ellis Island
Ellis Island, between January 1, 1892 and November 12, 1954, was the main entrance of immigrants in the United States. In digital gallery of New York Public Library there is a collection of William Williams (1862-1947) collected by him during the work at Ellis Island Immigration comisioar Immigration Station in New York in 1902-1905 and 1909-1913. The collection contains 97 images taken in the period 1906-1914. There are both overall photographs, exterior and interior, as well as portraits of immigrants registered there. The portraits were made by Augustus Francis...
Transylvanian coins from the collection ...
For a period of about 150 years, the Principality of Transylvania was recognized as an independent state in the Middle Ages. During this period, the princes of Transylvania were released a considerable amount of gold and silver coins , among the most spectacular of their time . These coins have become rare since the period 18-19 centuries . One of the most important collections belonged to Constantin Orghidan which was donated to the Romanian Academy in 1944 . Gallery shows some of the most important and spectacular parts of the collection. Via: ...
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