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Inaugurated in 1888 and designed by a French architect, Albert Galleron, chosen at the recommendation of Charles Garnier, the parent of Palais Garnier (Opéra National de Paris), The Romanian Athenaeum is an iconic building of Bucharest.
Literary clubs, in the first half of the nineteenth century, were named the Athenaeum, after Hadrian’s academy founded in Rome. Athenaeum was imagined as a palace of science and art, for the benefits of culture, exhibitions and conferences, concerts, library, art gallery.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"The city was first atested in the 13th century under the name Corona. The current Romanian and Hungarian names are derived from the Pecheneg word, barasu, meaning "fortress". On Tâmpa Mountain, located on the southern side of the city, there was a citadel called Brassovia, which gave both the Romanian and the Hungarian name of the city.
The first attested mention of Braşov is Terra Saxonum de Barasu ("Saxon Land of Baras"), in a 1252 document. The German name Kronstadt means "Crown City", and is reflected in the city's coat of arms, as well as in its Medieval Latin name, Corona. The three names of the city (Braşov/Brassó, Kronstadt, and Corona) were used simultaneously in the Middle Ages."
In the middle of nowhere, howling animals in the distance, that was the surrounding when taking this image in countryside somewhere in Romania: Its a composite: Foreground is a one row, 6 images in Portrait mode, Sky is two row, 6 portraits. I tookthe foreground pictures first, when the scene was lit by the moon. half an hour later the moon was gone and I could get the sky images.