The story of the Royal Crown of Romania takes us back to 1881. The government then proposed that it should be grandiose, but King Carol I wanted simplicity and sobriety. On April 19th 1881, the King sent a letter to his father, to which Karl Anton de Hohenzollern Sigmaringen responded with a well-reasoned memoir on how the coronation ceremony and crowns should be, given the establishment of a young and unconventional monarchy in Romania. Continue reading “Where to admire the Royal Crown of Romania”
Free visit at the Museum of Maps and Old Books
A relatively recent art location, the Museum of Maps and Old Books was opened in 2003 as a private donation, comprising about 1,000 works (maps, city plans, vedutas, astronomical maps) being the only one of its kind in Romania and among the few in Europe and the world. Continue reading “Free visit at the Museum of Maps and Old Books”
A stroll through Bucharest: The Museum of Ages
Strolling in my home city, Bucharest I’ve found a place where everyone can see the history of our ancestors we hold within: the Museum of Ages.
Located on the Mogosoaia Bridge, as Calea Victoriei was once called … Continue reading “A stroll through Bucharest: The Museum of Ages”
