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Menumorut 
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 Topic: Architecture from your country.Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 15:39 |
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Dear Eric,
Brasov (Germans name it Kronstadt, the city of the crown due to its position among three forested hills) is perhaps the most picturesque city in Romania. It was an ancient Romanian settlement were Germans established in 12th century and built a town which flourished from comerce. But it has not Roman ancestor (nor important Dacian discoveries in the area), so the wall you have seen have to be something medieval, not ancient. Black Church is the biggest church in Romania. We have to say that all these are monuments made by Germans, Saxons. |
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Hellios
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 16:44 |
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I'm finding Romanian architecture quite fascinating...
A theater in Iasi:
 An opera house in Bucuresti:
 An Orthodox church in Bucuresti:
 The Athenaeum in Bucuresti:
 Buzau City Hall:
 A monastery in Stejaris:
 A church in Suceava (notice the roof):
 A castle in Bran:
 A monastery in Dragomirna:
 A cathedral in Timisoara:
 A tower in Severin:
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Menumorut
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 16:59 |
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The Opera in Bucharest was built during the Stalinist period and imitates the architecture in USSR.
The church bellow is the former Russian church (now it not belong more to Russian community which may have almost vanished). Today it is a parochial church (it's in the heart of Bucharest, near University Square) and is used as "The church of Students", so most of the participants at services are young. The image from Stejaris is not of a monastery but of a fortified church of a Saxon (German) community in Sibiu county. The Buzau city hall is built in the first decades of XXth century. The roof of the church in Suceava preserves the traditional shape of Moldavian church roofs but its decoration (of the roof) is from the Habsburgic period. The cathedral in Timisoara was built in the 1930'. The last image is of an water tower (20th century). |
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Hellios
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 17:36 |
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Thanks for the info. Have you been to any of these places in Romania?:
Baile Herculane:
 Neamt Monastery:
 Sighisoara Clock Tower:
 Curtea de Arges:
 Sinaia:
 Sinaia (those columns omg):
 Peles:
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Preobrazhenskoe
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 17:37 |
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Dear Menumorut,
Thanks for the information. I've been reading more about Brasov's history, and it's first mentioning apparently came in 1235 (under the German name Kronstadt as you've mentioned), when a Saxon population settled there. However, could you tell us more about the Dacian Sanctuary at Racos, as well as the Roman military fort encampment at Rasnov? If those walls were geniunely not of Roman descent, then my Dad's Romanian friend, who lived and worked in Brasov, truly decieved me in telling me that they were when he hiked with me and his girlfriend around the hills of Brasov at all the historical sites. However, I keep reading from other sites about Brasov's history that it was once settled by Dacians and Romans, the Romans building fortifications there. When I tried to find something significant on google images, the only thing I could find, however, were things like this 15th century wall.
 Anyways, outside of Brasov, I visited other spots as well, including "Dracula's" castle, although it was pretty average to my tastes in comparison to what I visited afterwards, the Peles Castle of King Carol I, his summer residence built from 1875-1914. It was the first castle to have central heating and electricity, and the interior of the castle is awesome! You start out in the courtyards, working your way towards the entrance, where inside you are immediately impressed by suits of knightly armor. However, no cameras were allowed inside the castle! That was sort of disappointing, even my dad snapped plenty of photos from the exterior (he has them on his computer still, but in the meantime, here's some general stuff from the internet).
              Eric Edited by Preobrazhenskoe - 28-Oct-2006 at 18:04 |
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Menumorut
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:01 |
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Hellios, I was at all the places (at Herculane as child, in a school camp). I also passed by Sinaia but never visited the Peles castle or the monastery.
Dear Eric, Racos and Rasnov are in Brasov county, but at some distance from Brasov city (tens of kms). I don't know about the sanctuary in Racos. Rasnov truly was an important Dacian polis, Cumidava and became a Roman castrum after the Roman conquest. What you call "Dracula Castle" is Bran castle which was built by Brasovians (Saxons) in the mountainous pass between Transylvania and Wallachia. It has not any connection with Vlad Tepes, the figure who inspired the Dracula story. It's just a fake of the touristic agencies who cheat tourists bringing them to this monument. I think they should be legaly punished for this. Peles castle, beyond its historical signification, is, together with Neuschwanstein castle in Germany, the most kitchous architectural creations in the world. This I have read in Abraham Moles book about kitch. Ofcourse, we may supose an anti-German feeling of the author but some truth is there. |
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Hellios
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:24 |
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More examples of architecture in Romania:
St-Mary's Church (built 1750):
 Varatec:
 St-Nicholas Church:
 Iasi Church wall:
 A wooden church in Maramures:
 A Romanian museum (old-modern fusion):
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Menumorut
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Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:30 |
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The last image is the Parliament Palace (see my photos with Bucharest above, the middle photo). It's built in the 80-s. And the Museum is founded in 2002, it's the National Museum of Contemporary Art. The ascensors arfe very fine, you are rised to a height from were you have a far panorama of the city. But the museum os quite empty, as Art pieces and as visitors as well. It's amenagement costed 24 millions $.
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Xshayathiya
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Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 01:42 |
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EDIT: needed a lot of resizing, some pictures are still a little too big, if so, let me know and i'll resize
Wow, I've been all over Montreal, but havent seen most of those buildings  Anyways, on to Bees' Wax  Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargad  Persepolis  Taghe Kasra, Ctesphion  Naghshe Jahan, Esfehan  Entrance Facade to Nagshe Jahan  Soltaniyeh  Goharshad  Bibi Khanoom, Samarghand  Chehel Sotoon, Esfehan  Omar Khayam's tomb, Neishapu  Boje Shahyad/Azadi, Tehran  Milad Complex, Tehran  Aryamehr/Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran  Sadeghieh, Tehran  Golestan Palace, Tehran  Sadabad Palace, Tehran  University of Shiraz Library  Mauseleum of Hafez, Shiraz  Entrance to a market, Kashan  TabaTabai House, Kashan  Maasooleh  Dariush Grand Hotel, Kish I think I'm done. That only took an hour  Edited by Xshayathiya - 04-Nov-2006 at 01:53 |
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Hellios
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Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 02:39 |
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Xshayathiya, those photos are marvelous.
The wide angle shot (Naghshe Jahan) is super.
The Bibi Khanoom dome is supreme.
When was Boje Shahyad/Azadi built?
Aryamehr/Azadi Sports Complex
 The photo of Maasooleh is interesting - how old is that place?
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Ellin
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Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 09:40 |
Great shots everyone!! Yep, Hellios, I have seen most of those you've found. Pic 1 is Melbourne Central. Have been shopping there many a time. Here's another shot of how it looks.  Pic 2 is an old picture theatre, which I can't remember what it's called. The glass structure on the opposite side, is part of the Federation Square Buildings. Which mind you, we all thought were an eyesore when first being contstructed, but eventually won us over.  Pic 3 RIALTO TOWERS is the second-tallest reinforced concrete building and the tallest office building or skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere (opening in October 1986) The massive glass faade, its central feature, changes colour during the day, ranging from a trademark dark blue to a brilliant gold during sunset. It is 251 m (824 ft) high, with 63 floors and 3 basement floors. There's an observatory deck on the 55th floor. Pic 4 Melbourne Aquarium Haven't been to this yet, only been to the one in Sydney, which is supposed to be bigger.  Pic 5 You see a lot of these homes or shoe boxes around inner city suburbia, which, mind you, cost a fortune because of their location. From what my mum tells me, a lot of migrants of the 60's, would pull down the iron artwork because they thought it was ugly, not knowing that they were committing an architectural crime. haha Princess Theatre  RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology  Victorian Arts Centre  Government House  St Patrick's Cathedral  Southern Cross Station  |
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Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 14:27 |
Borje Shahyad was built in 1971 for the 2500 year celebrations. Its name was switched to Azadi (for obvious reasons) after the revolution. It's pretty much the symbol of Tehran right now, but they're trying to replace it with the Borje Milad.
Maasooleh is about a thousand years old. Its a very interesting place. My family had a villa close by so I remember going to it several times. They city is pretty much built into the mountain, and the houses are built in rows. The roofs of the houses of one level actually serve as the road for the level above. Because of this, there's no cars allowed in the place. I think the total population is less than a thousand, but i could be wrong. Oh and its in Gilan, in Northern Iran, or "shomal" as we call it.
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Menumorut
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Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 11:57 |
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Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 19:27 |
I go to UIC, I see it every day lol.
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Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 19:35 |
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These are all good pieces of architecture. Greece has some of the best. Romanian architecture is great, I haven't seen much of it before, thanks for the posts. these are amazing pictures.
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Posted: 23-Dec-2006 at 21:21 |
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Here is some architecture from Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo:
   The Catholic Cathedral
  \\Gazi Husrev Beg Mosque
 National Library
 The Cathedral second view
          Orthodox Church
 Gazi Husrev Beg Mosque
 National Library 1970s photograph
     Mostar:
Stari Most "Old Bridge" at night
 Dervish-Sufi House
   Banja Luka
  Velika Kladusa
Castle
  Bihac
Old Bosnian Church/ Mosque/ converted to Mosque after majority of the people in Bihac converted to Islam in the 1500s
   Tuzla
     Travnik
   Neum
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