Late 1920s cast iron Neo-Romanian style street lighting pole, North Cismigiu area, Bucharest. (©Valentin Mandache)
I apologise to my readers for not posting my usual Romanian architectural history daily articles since last Sunday. That was due to unforeseen health problems of one of my close family members and only now I was able to immerse back again in this stimulating blogging routine.
The image above shows one of the very few remaining cast iron street lighting poles in Bucharest, dating from late 1920s, of a quaint design that incorporates the rope motif prevalent in the Neo-Romanian decorative and architectural style. It gives an indication of the wonderful urban landscape that distinguished the Romanian capital in the inter-war period, which is now fast disappearing at the hands of rapacious and mostly uncultured property developers and local officials, products of the low quality education system that characterises Romania of the communist and post-communist years.
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I endeavor through this daily series of images and small 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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