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Tag: Regele Mihai

Exclusive Interview with the Crown Princess Margarita of Romania (via Jurnal de istoric)

24/01/201102/12/2011Valentin Mandache

For those of you who speak or read Romanian, this is an interview taken by my wife, the historian Diana Mandache.

via Jurnal de istoric

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King Michael of Romania, Name Day 8 November 2010 (via Diana Mandache’s Weblog)

08/11/201011/11/2010Valentin Mandache

King Michael of Romania, Name Day 8 November 2010 HM King Michael is described by his grandson HRH Prince Nicholas of Romania, in an interview which I had the privilege to be given this summer, as “a legend, you can not describe in words the way my grandfather was, what he did and his character”. Today is ‘The King Michael I Medal for Loyalty’ day, which co … Read More

via Diana Mandache’s Weblog

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The Wallachian, in front of the Hurezi Monastery church portal (end of 17th c), in between the Wallachian eagle and the double headed eagle of the Byzantium. Oltenia province, Wallachia. #ottomanbaroque #ottomanarchitecture #wallachianstyle #wallachia #oltenia #horezumonastery #hurezi #balkans #valentinmadouas #casedeepoca #southeasteurope
The magnificent Wallchian style/ Ottoman Christian baroque iconostasis of the Surpatele Monastery church, the equivalent of the Churrigueresque’s richness and intricacy of detail in these parts. First quarter of the 18th c, Oltenia province, Wallachia. #wallachianstyle #iconostasis #Walachia #oltenia #churrigueresque #wallachian #surpatelemonastery #ottomanbaroque #ottomanempire #balkans #southeasteurope #valentinmandache #casedeepoca
Wallachian style enfilade, at Surpatele Monastery church, 1709, whose ktetor was the wife of Prince Constantin Brancoveanu. #surpatelemonastery #wallachianstyle #wallachian #wallachia #oltenia #enfilade #ottomanarchitecture #ottomanempire #balkans #southeasteurope #valentinmamdache #casedeepoca
A corner of Wallachian style paradise, the veranda of Surpatele Monastery church, 1709, Oltenia province, Wallachia. #wallachianstyle #wallachian #wallachia #oltenia #surpatelemonastery #architecturehistory #ottomanarchitecture #ottomanempire #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache
This example of a living quarters for princely family veranda is at the Monastery from One Piece of Wood in the Oltenia province of southwestern Romania, and it exhibits the Wallachian style’s exuberance of colours and Ottoman baroque architectural elements, such as the keel arch and the inverse slant roof eaves.
The exceedingly charming 1706 built Surpatele Monastery Church, by Princess Marica Brancoveanu, in high Wallachian style architecture, which is still superbly preserved. Oltenia province, southwestern Romania. #surpatele #surpatelemonastery #oltenia #wallachia #wallachianstyle #wallachian #architecturehistory #church #ottomanempire #ottomanarchitecture #balkans #southeasteurope #valentinmandache #casedeepoca
Cat encounter in an Oltenia churchyard (Otesani old church). #cat #cats #catencounter #oltenia #southeasteurope #balkans #casedeepoca #valentinmandache
In my central Bucharest garden. #urbangarden #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache
The Romantic style painting in the Black Church of Kronstadt/ Brasov, depicting the start of the Lutheran Reformation among the Saxons of Transylvania, under the guidance of the humanist Johannes Honterus, seen seated at the table. The first Protestant service took place there in 1542. The painting is by Fritz Schullerus, 1898. #johanneshonterus #honterus #balckchurch #schwarzekirche #kronstadt #brasov #saxontransylvania #transylvania #reformation #lutheranism #casedeepoca #southeasteurope #valentinmandache

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