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Valentin Mandache's weblog HISTORIC HOUSES OF ROMANIA Home About Expertise Contact Daily Picture 28-Oct-09: Art Deco Block of Flats 1930s Art Deco facade, block of flats in Calea Victoriei area, Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 28 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Deco Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture | Architecture, Art Deco Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, Modern Architecture, Modernisation, Period Property, Property Market, Romania, South East Europe | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 27-Oct-09: Improper Renovation of A Neo-Romanian Style House An example of improper renovation of a Neo-Romanian style house: the old ceramic tile roof together with its peculiar roof ornaments and finials have been replaced with characterless corrugated metal sheets, which seal the loft off, not allowing the building to breathe and further damaging it. Bucharest, Opera area. (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 27 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Neo-Romanian Architecture | Architecture, Balkans, Brancovenesc, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, Neo-Romanian Style, Neoromanesc, Period Property, Property Bubble, Property Market, Renovation Project, Romania, Romanian Style, South East Europe, Urban Regeneration | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 26-Oct-09: Art Nouveau – Neo-Romanian Style House An interesting symbiosis between the Art Nouveau & early Neo-Romanian styles, 1900s house in Dorobanti area, Bucharest. In the first decades of its existence, the house was probably also painted in a blast of vivid colors, which highlighted even more this peculiar variety of Art Nouveau style developed in Romania. (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 26 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Nouveau Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Neo-Romanian Architecture | Architecture, Art Nouveau Architecture, Balkans, Brancovenesc, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Gothic, Historic House, History, Identity, Istorie, La Belle Epoque, Little Paris, National Identity, Neo-Romanian Style, Neoromanesc, Ottoman, Period Property, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, Romanian Style, South East Europe, Victorian Era, Wallachia | No Comments Yet The NEO-ROMANIAN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: a brief guide on its origins and features The neo-Romanian architectural style is one of the most original and strikingly beautiful orders that emerged in Europe during the intensely creative years of late Victorian-era. The Romanians of that period wanted to create a style that would reflect the glories of their medieval past in the transforming architectural landscape of their country, just as the British created decades earlier at a larger scale the better-known Victorian neo-Gothic architectural style. It represents an interesting blend between eastern Byzantine elements together with local peasant architectural and ethnographic motifs, also particular patterns of Ottoman art and even late Italian Renaissance themes. The style began to be in vogue among the well-to-do Romanians with the first years of the 20th century in pre-WWI Romania, area known as the Old Kingdom, and spread also within Transylvania after the World War One once the province became part of Romania. A typical neo-Romanian style property looks on lines similar with the following example, Calea Calarasi, Bucharest Here one can clearly detect the Byzantine architectural elements (i.e. short arches, thick and short columns, etc.) and the heavy, citadel-like aspect of the building, that all together represents a Romantic architectural metaphor intended by its creators to express the heroic resistance put by Romanians during medieval times as a Christian people against the relentless advance of the Ottoman Empire. A neo-Romanian style house today is a valuable piece of property and a restoration project would be an extremely interesting and challenging, but rewarding endeavour. The style reached its zenith during the inter-war period, with an abrupt end after the communist takeover in Romania in 1948. It has somehow been revived during the construction boom of the last decade, but in a minimalist modernist fashion, without the eclectic motifs and grandeur characteristic of the inter-war period. I assembled here a few images from my postcard and photography collection, which together with short explanations would hopefully help you better appreciate the origins, characteristics, importance and value in artistic and period property market terms of this sophisticated architectural style peculiar to Romania. Romanians are at their origins a nation of peasant farmers and shepherds. Their dwellings had basic decorations that were mainly ethnographic symbols characteristic to ancient aboriginal European communities that survived in less accessible areas of the continent (for example the Romanian ethnography has many motifs strikingly similar to the Celtic Irish, Pyrenees or Caucasian mountains communities). The house usually served immediate and very practical concerns for a people having to scrap a living in a harsh environment. A typical poor peasant dwelling form the region of the southern plains looked like in the illustration bellow, taken sometime at the end of 19th century. Ancestral type peasant dwelling Read more » 14 December, 2008 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Neo-Romanian Architecture | Architecture, Balkans, Brancovenesc, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Carpathians, Countryside, Eastern Europe, Ethnography, Gothic, History, Istorie, La Belle Epoque, Medieval, Middle Ages, Modernisation, National Identity, Neo-Romanian Style, Neoromanesc, Neoromanian, Oltenia, Ottoman, Period Property, Real Estate, Romania, Romanian Revival, South East Europe | 5 Comments VAUBAN TYPE FORTRESSES in Romania The impressive Vauban citadel structures of the 17th – 18th century warfare era, with their characteristic star shape and diamond profile bastions, are usually associated with Western Europe defence architectural tradition perfected by the great French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707). Less well known is the fact that remarkable Vauban type fortresses are also encountered in South East Europe, within the territory encompassed today by the state of Romania, which throughout history has been a borderland between conflicting powers that came into contact in this region. In the 18thcentury the Ottoman Empire, the erstwhile hegemon of the Balkans came to blows with the advancing Habsburg and Russian empires in the lands between the Carpathians Mountains and the river Danube, where the principalities of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldova, historic provinces of Romania, are located. I describe that very peculiar geopolitical situation as a triple junction point of empires. The convergence of three competing powers within those territories had a powerful influence not only on local military architecture, causing the Vauban fortress type to be widely adopted, but has also produced the odd mix of western and oriental civil architectural styles encountered in today Romania. I will be presenting here some of the most representative such historic military architectural structures using satellite images from Google Earth, endeavouring to complement them in the foreseeable future with photographs taken in situ, as I will travel throughout Romania and visit those places. The map bellow indicates the location of the citadels mentioned in the article. Romania's region: a "triple junction point" of empires where the continous warfare between the Habsburg, Ottoman and Russian empires in the 18th century made necessary the construction of Vauban type fortresses (circled locations are refered to in this article) * Austrian fortresses Austria incorporated in 1699, after the conquest of Ottoman Hungary, the autonomous Transylvanian principality and its adjacent areas (Partium, Banat). The virtually continuous warfare in this borderland with the Turks and the necessity to firmly secure the territory, determined the construction of strong Vauban fortresses to protect main towns and reinforce strategic points along the advancing front line. Thus one of the oldest and most impressive such fortresses was erected between the years 1714-38 in Alba-Iulia (Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, German: Karlsburg) the ancient capital of the principality. The Vauban fortress of Alba-Iulia (Gyulafehervar, Karlsburg), 1714-1738. View from 1.9km altitude. The citadel surrounds the old Roman city of Apulum, one of the oldest continuously settled places in Romania, and its grid of streets sill preserves the Roman layout. The Austrians even used blocs of stone from the old Roman defence walls. The city of Cluj (Hungarian: Kolozsvár, German: Klausenburg) was, as the seat of the Transylvanian parliament, the Diet, also provided with a Vauban fortress at practically the same Read more » 29 August, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Regions of Romania | Architecture, Eastern Europe, History, Istorie, Military Architecture, Romania, South East Europe, Transylvania, Urban Planning, Wallachia | 4 Comments Daily Picture 25-Oct-09: 1940s Modernist – Art Deco House An interesting example of a balanced architectural design that successfully combines the international Modernist style with Art Deco elements. Early 1940s house in Cotroceni area, Bucharest(©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 25 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Deco Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Modernist Architecture | Architecture, Art Deco Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, International Modernist Architecture, Modern Architecture, Period Property, Property Market, Renovation Project, Romania, South East Europe | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 24-Oct-09: Neo-Romanian Balcony with Art Nouveau Motifs Neo-Romanian style balcony, with interesting Art Nouveau decorative elements inspired from medieval Wallachian church architecture (the voluminous undulating band above the arch, wrought iron flower pot supports wrapping around the balcony, spiral columns, etc.) House in Rosetti area, Bucharest. Building could date from mid 1910s or first years immediately after the Great War (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 24 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Nouveau Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Neo-Romanian Architecture | Architecture, Art Nouveau Architecture, Balcony, Balkans, Brancovenesc, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Ethnography, Historic House, History, Identity, Istorie, National Identity, Neo-Romanian Style, Neoromanesc, Oltenia, Ottoman, Period Property, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, Romanian Style, South East Europe, Wallachia | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 23-Oct-09: La Belle Époque Ornament Echoes from La Belle Époque: a well preserved 1900s 'Little Paris' style architectural ornament on top of the entrance pediment of 'N. Kretzulescu Commercial School', Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 23 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Little Paris Architecture | Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, La Belle Epoque, Little Paris, Romania, Victorian Era | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 22-Oct-09: Art Deco Building from a Prosperous Era The svelte Art Deco style lines of a former hotel edifice, built at the end of 1920s, at a time of prosperity in Romania generated by the country's oil exports. University area, Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 22 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Deco Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture | Architecture, Art Deco Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Modernisation, Romania, South East Europe | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 21-Oct-09: Sutu Palace Sutu Palace, cca. 1830, central Bucharest- today hosts the Municipal Museum (©Valentin Mandache) Sutu Palace, a landmark of Romania’s capital, boasts an array of styles from Neo-Classical to Neo-Gothic, fashionable in Central Europe in the first part of the 19th c. (designed by architect Konrad Schwink). Its primary use was that of a ‘party’ palace- hosting receptions, balls and other society events given by the local powerful aristocratic family Sutu; it was not used for habitation. The image above shows the front entrance of the building with an impressive awned platform, made from a cast iron frame, were once upon a time luxurious horse carriages delivered their rich aristocratic occupants or high ranking officers from the many foreign armies that used the territory of Wallachia as a war theatre during the tumultuous 19th century in this part of Europe. *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contactpage of this weblog. 21 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Neoclassical Architecture | Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Chateau, Eastern Europe, Gothic, Historic House, History, Identity, Romania, South East Europe, Wallachia | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 20-Oct-09: Stock 'Little Paris' Style House One of the many picturesque examples of 'Little Paris' style (provincially interpreted French 19th century architectural styles) houses in Bucharest. It is located in Opera area and in need of urgent repair. The 'Little Paris' buildings are most often centrally located within the city and constitute excellent potential renovation projects. The French architectural styles were popular in the last two decades of the 19th century until the Great War and define Bucharest's urban identity among its peers in Eastern Europe. (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 20 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Little Paris Architecture | Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, History, Identity, Istorie, La Belle Epoque, Little Paris, Period Property, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, South East Europe, Victorian Era | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 19-Oct-09: Well Preserved Art Deco House Mid-1930s Art Deco house, Central Crematorium area, Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) This is a good Bucharest example of a crisp mid-1930s Art Deco house design, with a remarkable central bay area. It is still in a quite good state, including the original street fence and gate, despite the adverse conditions which the city and its inhabitants had to face since the edifice was built (WWII, foreign occupation, communist regime, chaotic post-communist transition). What I found remarkable for Bucharest is the fact that the building has so far escaped one of the greatest plagues currently affecting historic buildings here: the replacement by ignorant owners of the original wooden frame widows with cheap white plastic double glazing structures. *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contactpage of this weblog. 19 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Deco Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture | Architecture, Art Deco Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, Period Property, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, South East Europe | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 18-Oct-09: Psychedelic-like Art Deco Panel Mid-1930s Art Deco panel with interesting avant la lettre psychedelic-like motifs, Romana area, Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 18 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Deco Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture | Architecture, Art Deco Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, Istorie, Modern Architecture, Period Property, Psychedelic Art, Romania, South East Europe | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 17-oct-09: 'Standard' Neo-Romanian Style House Late 1920s Neo-Romanian style house, Cotroceni area, Bucharest (Valentin Mandache) The image above shows a ’standard’ Neo-Romanian style house design (see my article “The Neo-Romanian Architectural Style: A Guide on Its Origins and Features” for more information). It resembles a cula fortified house from Oltenia region in SW Romania, with a fortress-like tower as its main diagnostic element. Byzantine, Ottoman and Venetian decorations and structural elements (short columns, arched window, Venetian inspired ogee, etc.) complete the overall citadel-like structure typical of a Neo-Romanian style house. *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contactpage of this weblog. 17 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Neo-Romanian Architecture | Architecture, Balkans, Brancovenesc, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Ethnography, Historic House, History, Identity, Istorie, National Identity, Neo-Romanian Style, Neoromanesc, Oltenia, Ottoman, Period Property, Real Estate, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, South East Europe, Wallachia | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 16-Oct-09: Exquisite Pelican-like Motif Art Nouveau Panel Bucharest, Unirii area: this pelican-like motif (it is a combination of aquatic bird motifs, the pelican being the dominant one) panel is one of the most beautiful and exquisite early (late 1890s) Art Nouveau decorations in the entire capital of Romania. (©Valentin Mandache) The building embellished with these extraordinary panels is in a very run down state, practically beyond repair. It is inhabited by careless and ignorant state tenants housed there since the communist era, after the rightful owners were abusively dispossessed by the then government. The building also seems neglected by the state authorities in charge with the preservation of architectural heritage. This situation is symptomatic for many historic houses in today Romania, a consequence of a low quality education system, probably the worst in the European Union, and absence of a proper civic identity among the Romanian public. Bucharest is probably the European capital where the local architectural heritage is most actively destroyed by its own citizens. *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 16 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Nouveau Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture | Architecture, Art Nouveau Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Historic House, History, Identity, La Belle Epoque, Little Paris, Period Property, Politics, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, South East Europe, Victorian Era | 1 Comment Daily Picture 15-Oct-09: Art Deco – Modernist House A well proportioned mid-1930s Art Deco - Modernist style house in Cotroceni area, Bucharest. Although the building seems well preserved, the actual owner has defaced it with cheap white plastic frame double glazing windows. In the vision of most Romanian historic house owners that is a great improvement that supposedly increases the value of the property. It is just one of the many facts caused by the low level of cultural awareness and weak civic identity among the Romanian public, which contributes to the continuous degradation of the country's architectural heritage. (©Valentin Mandache) *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 15 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Deco Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture | Architecture, Art Deco Architecture, Balkans, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Modern Architecture, Period Property, Romania, South East Europe | No Comments Yet Daily Picture 14-Oct-09: Successful Renovation Project Successful renovation project of a 1900s Neo-Romanian style house, Calea Victoriei area, Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) This is a rare example of a successful renovation project of a historic house in Bucharest or the entire Romania for that matter. The building is a beautiful example of an early (1900s) Neo-Romanian style edifice (prevalence of Ottoman Balkan church architectural motifs) with many Art Nouveau and ‘Little Paris’ style decorations fashionable at that time. The project is still unfurling, an workman can be seen toiling away on a platform at the entrance, having to go through some more stages until completion, like exterior wall painting, etc. (fin de siecle Bucharest buildings were decorated in an explosion of garish, but balanced colours). The owner and initiator of this renovation project is most probably a western individual or organisation. An indigenous owner would most probably have in mind a quick flip of the property on the market at a ridiculous price above that of central London property, with his/her renovation vision being limited to that of poorly cultured nouveau riche individuals that plague Eastern Europe, engaging in destructive actions such as erasing the period architectural decoration, placing cheap double glazing windows and in general mutilating the building in the vain belief that his/her ‘modernising’ actions would add great value to it. *********************************************** I endeavor through this daily image series to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural heritage. *********************************************** If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog. 14 October, 2009 Posted by Valentin Mandache | Architectural Heritage, Art Nouveau Architecture, Bucharest, Daily Picture, Neo-Romanian Architecture | Architecture, Art Nouveau Architecture, Brancovenesc, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Eastern Europe, Identity, La Belle Epoque, Little Paris, National Identity, Neo-Romanian Style, Neoromanesc, Period Property, Renovation Project, Restoration, Romania, Romanian Style, South East Europe, Urban Regeneration, Victorian Era | No Comments Yet « Previous Entries About Hello and welcome to my weblog: HISTORIC HOUSES of ROMANIA www.historo.wordpress.com My name is Valentin Mandache and I offer expert adviser services on period and traditional properties in Romania. I am a market analyst and historian. This blog contains my analyses and opinions on the subject of period buildings, architectural heritage and traditional habitats from Romania’s historic provinces. I specialised in economics and history at the London School of Economics, with a focus on the economic, cultural and historical geography of the Carpathian region, an area that also includes Romania. I am based in Bucharest, having previously lived and worked in London for nearly two decades. 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