The top 10 “Historic Houses of Romania” articles in 2010

I thought it would be interesting to show which were this year’s the 10 most popular articles on the “Historic Houses of Romania” blogsite:

1. The NEO-ROMANIAN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: a brief guide on its origins and features
2. Art Deco Building Interior Elements
3. CASOTA CONAC: a magnificent Romanian period property that has yet to realise its potential
4. RECONSTRUCTED FACADES of Bucharest grand old buildings: seeds of a new trend?
5. BUCHAREST: a brief presentation of the 6th largest EU metropolis
6. ALLEGORICAL SCULPTURES on the Building of Romania’s National Bank
7. The DOORWAYS of Bucharest – Part 1 (the Little Paris type)
8. Art Nouveau Wrought Iron Gate
9. ART NOUVEAU restoration project in Bucharest
10. The FINIALS of Neo-Romanian style houses

The site has became the most comprehensive Internet resource on Romanian architectural history and period property market, having a list of over 500 articles and well over 1000 relevant photographs shot by the author. The popularity of these articles shows the keen interest in the varied and in many instances unique historic architecture peculiar to this region from south east Europe. The 1st article suggests the worldwide interest in the Neo-Romanian architectural style, an exquisite order peculiar to this country; the 2nd article is a reflection of the interest in the Art Deco architecture of Bucharest, one of the still ‘undiscovered’ provinces of this beautiful inter-war design creation, while the 3rd article confirms the excitement generated by the Romanian manor houses, the conacs, which dot the beautiful built rural landscape of the vast lower Danube prairie and the hilly regions of the Carpathian piedmont. The other articles show a keen interest in the expression of the Art Nouveau style in the architecture of Romania or about the distinctive architectural artefacts embellishing the Romanian period properties like the exquisite doorways or the highly unusual roof finials.

Valentin Mandache, author of the “Historic Houses of Romania” blog

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I endeavor through this daily series of daily articles to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural history and heritage.

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