The Fountain and the Villa
When you enter the town coming from the Otopeni Airport, Bucharest greets you with some of its representative buildings and monuments, aligned along the Kiseleff Avenue. The first of them are the Miorita Fountain and, across the street, the Nicolae Minovici Art Museum, also called „The Crystal Bells Villa”.
The fountain is made of Dobruja granite and it was designed by the architect Octav Doicescu.It was inaugurated with other monuments in the year 1936, during the „Bucharest Month”. It took its name after the best known ballad in our folklore, „Miorita”, because its sides were adorned with black-and-white mosaic scenes from the poem by the sculptor Milita Patrascu. According the specialists, the fountain and the villa are in a perfect harmony. The fountain was recenlty renovated.
The Nicolae Minovici house, also called “The Crystal Bells Villa”, because of the 40 bells that were tinkling in its balcony, was built in 1905. The villa has rich carved stone decorations and a plaque with its owner’s favorite motto:”Improbus Labor Omnia Vincit” (Tenacious work conquers all). It is considered an architectural monument and its model was shown as a representative illustration at many international exhibitions. The collections it shelters consist of traditional costumes, rugs, furniture, pottery, musical instruments, every day objects, icons painted on wood or glass. There are more than 4000 objects. The villa also used to have a very nice garden, with rich stone ornaments in the 19th century manner.
2 comments:
I think that Bucharest is an elegant and fascinating city. What's living in Bucharest like?
Bucharest is fascinating by its diversity. You can find almost anything you look for and not get bored. The old part of the town has a special charm, but there are also gray blocks of flats and very modern buildings.
It's an active and crowded town, so living her is a bit stressful.
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