Cotroceni Palace
Local name: "Palatul Cotroceni"
Local phonetic: [Pah`lah`tool - Coh`troh`chenie]

Photo courtesy of Ici.ro

1 Geniului Bld., Bucharest
State of Bucharest, Romania
+40 (21) 317-3106

The Cotroceni Palace is a part of the Cotroceni National Museum which is a specialized institution focused upon reflecting the history of the Medieval and Modern Cotroceni, upon the evolution and transformations that came up in time. The Cotroceni palace, church and monastery reflect a three-century history that interweaves political, military, diplomatic, religious and cultural aspects, directly with the general evolution of Romanian society. By its themes and holdings, the Cotroceni National Museum exhibits a rich range of values belonging to our national art, as well as to Romanian and world decorative art. The Cantacuzinian space seems to be a most suitable place for organizing a presentation of some old art objects that only give an outline of the exceptiobal value of the respective epoch. Among the most remarcable objects exhibited are the richly adorned tombstones, an expression of the admirable art of the stoneworkers and decorators, as well as carvings that prove the vigour of the Cantacuzinian and Brancovenian art and architecture.

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Mogosoaia Palace
Local name: "Palatul Mogosoaia"
Local phonetic: [Pah`lah`tool - Moh`goh`shoah`yah]

Photo courtesy of Strainu

Mogosoaia, Bucharest
State of Bucharest, Romania

Mogosoaia Palace is situated about 10 kilometres from Bucharest, Romania. It was built between 1698-1702 by Constantin Brancoveanu in what is called the Romanian Renaissance style or Brancovenesc style, a combination of Venetian and Ottoman elements. The palace bears the name of the widow of the Romanian boyar Mogos, who owned the land it was built on. The Palace was to a large extent rebuilt in the 1920s by Marthe Bibesco.rnrnThe Palace had been given to Marthe by her husband, George Bibesco, who later also deeded the land to her. She spent all her wealth from the many books she wrote in its reconstruction and it became the meeting place for politicians and international high society, a quiet retreat during the growing turmoil of the 1930s. The Palace is now a popular tourist destination, but although the grounds and gardens are beautiful, the interior of the palace itself is under reconstruction and presently houses a museum and art gallery.

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Palace of the Parliament
Local name: "Palatul Parlamentului"
Local phonetic: [Pah`lah`tool - Pahr`lah`mehn`too`louie]

Photo courtesy of Roman Klementschitz (GNU)

Dealul Arsenalului, Bucharest
State of Bucharest, Romania

The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest is one of the world's largest buildings. Its original name was the House of the People (Casa Poporului [Cah`sah - Poh`poh`roo`louie]), but it was renamed (in the post-Communist era) first during the 1989 Revolution with the derogatory name of House of Ceausescu and then as the Palace of the Parliament. The structure combines elements and motifs from multiple sources, in an eclectic postmodernist architectural style. Edward Behr (food specialist who became famous by authoring The Artful Eater) wrote that "the combination of cultural and aesthetic illiteracy, rigid Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy and an innate taste for gigantism was devastating" for the architecture of the edifice.

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