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VIA PONTICA: Romania Period Properties
http://viapontica.wordpress.com
This blog contains my analyses and opinions on the subject of period buildings, architectural heritage and traditional habitats from Romania’s historical provinces.
I am an independent market analyst in the field of property investment in Romania.
I specialised in economics and also history at the London School of Economics, with a focus on the economic, cultural and historical geography of the Carpathian region, an area that also includes Romania.
I am based in Bucharest, having previously lived and worked in London for nearly two decades.
- Author: Valentin
- Listed in: Emerging Markets History
- Tags: Economy romania eastern europe emerging markets
Recent Posts
Announcement: new Historic Houses of Romania blogsite
Dear readers, I moved the content of this site to a new website address: www.historo.wordpress.com (click the link for access), where you can continue reading new articles about the Historic Houses of Romania. You may obviously still access all the ...
Daily Picture 30-Nov-09: Vampire Like Mascaron
A bizarre vampire like mascaron (notice the wings and coffin shape of the panel) at the centre of a balcony bottom decorated with French inspired c19th eclectic architectural ornamentation; 1880-90s building located in Patriarchy area, Bucharest (©V...
Daily Picture 29-Nov-09: Rural Style Balcony
Rural style balcony, Armeneasca area, Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) The balcony is adorned with interesting ethnographic wood carved motifs typical of the ancestral peasant art of southern Romania and painted in blue, a colour of traditional shama...
Daily Picture 28-Nov-09: Art Deco Rule of Three Ornaments
Art Deco façade ornaments grouped according to the rule of three percepts, central Bucharest (©Valentin Mandache) The rule of three that sees decorative elements repeating in groups of three throughout a building façade is commonly employed in Art...
Daily Picture 27-Nov-09: Wallachian Country Mansion – Conac
Mixture of architectural styles, with an emphasis on the Neo-Romanian order, in a grand 1920s country mansion from the Romanian province of Wallachia (©Valentin Mandache) Romania has vast swathes of farming land, which were developed on a large sca...
Daily Picture 26-Nov-09: Historic Houses Photo Collage
Historic houses of Romania collage (©Valentin Mandache) I composed the image above from 60 selected photographs taken during my fieldwork this year, mostly in Bucharest, but also Iasi (NE Romania) and Sinaia (the Transylvanian Alps). In my opinion t...
