duminică, 14 august 2011

May God Protect Us! (photos)








* The photos were taken this summer, on the 29th of July.















From the top : the first two are photos of the "House with Lions"cramped by other old and new buildings, as one can see from the tour of the Mosque in Constanta. It is a"protected" monument and though one cannot see improvement in its state of being or, at least, an attempt of it, one can see, through the window, signs of human presence. (photos 12 and 13)

The next one is taken of the old Casino, inaugurated in 1910, a very expensive and luxurious restaurant in the communist period and nothing nowadays. It needs, like many others, to be reconditioned.

The next photos are examples of decayed buildings that can endanger the people passing by. (The sign on one of them says : lit.trans. "danger of detachment of the cornice and pieces of masonry.") The 7th photo is that of an unattended old house "for sale".
The 8th, 9th and 10th , clockwise, are photos of an old hotel where Romania's most beloved poet, Mihai Eminescu, stayed for ten days, in June 1882, now, a
place, like many others, where the
officials placed the poor families. One can notice the clothes hanging outside the windows.


































































































P.S. I will take the opportunity and apologize to the current owner of the "House with Lions" for "snooping" inside, through the window, with my mobile cam to admire how he managed to accessorize with empty plastic bottles and a bicycle, the eclectic style of the building combining Swiss Baroque and Renascence. elements.

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