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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Edlach an der Rax



Sent on 1929 to Bucharest. Written. Missing stamp.

Sevilla- Alcazar


Unwritten postcard for swap.

Nature friends series


Unwritten card, made in Austria. For swap.

Cluj Napoca- Liberty square


1963 circulated card. intact stamp

Nasaud view


1971 circulated card. Intact stamp

Savinesti

1960s circulated card. Missing stamp. The card depicts the local factory.

Vatra Dornei- Bath central pavilion


1961 circulated card. Intact stamp

Borsec- central pavilion


1974 circulated card. fixed stamp

Brasov- multiviews


1972 circulated card. Intact stamp.


1989 circulated card. fixed stamp

Govora


1956. Written and used card.


1979 circulated card. Stamp in perfect condition.

Sport Hotel Poiana Brasov


1978 circulated card with fixed stamp. Interesting cancelling.

Targoviste- Pioneers' camp


Unused card. Damaged corner depicting "Galma" camp. Late 1970s, early 1980s

Ceahlaul Restaurant- Bicaz


1968 card. written and sent. Intact stamp

Crisul General Store Oradea


1981 card. Written and sent. Intact stamp.

Reghin view


New card. Issued around 1980s, late 1970s maybe. 

National Theatre Cluj Napoca

Circulated card. Intact stamp. 1968

Romanian soldier monument- Timisoara


1970s used postcard with fixed stamp.

Reghin


City council. Unwritten. 1950s or early 1960s view.
For swap.


Timber Industrialisation Works- Rm. Valcea





 1966 postcard. Written and stamped card.




Mangalia Hotel- Mangalia


1977 card. Written and stamped. Mangalia is  one of the Romanian Black Sea resorts.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Reghin- city view


Not used. Around 1950s

Targu Mures- The Palace of Culture


The competition for building the Cultural Palace was won by Komor and Jakab with their two-floor plan. Only later to the request of mayor Bernády György the construction was expanded to 3 floors. Construction started in 1911 and lasted until 1913 when the inside decorations were completed. On the window glasses there are illustrated sequences from Hungarian legends. The roof is decorated with blue, ruddy and white tiles. On the main façade the statues and the embossments are in bronze. The Mirrors Hall can be found on the first floor of the building, and on the balustrades of the windows the portraits of Kazinczy Ferenc, Tompa Mihály, Kemény Zsigmond and more. The most interesting and visited part of the Palace is the Mirrors Hall, which is above the entrance hall. Above the 'quartet' gate the bronze embossments of Szent Erzsébet, Bolyai János and Bolyai Farkas,ArankaGyörgy and Bánk bán of Erkel Ferenc can be seen.

The inside of the palace housed the City Cinema between 1913 and 1957, the first Romanian Theatre School between 1934 and 1940, the State Theatre between 1946 and 1973, the Fine Arts and Music Secondary School between 1949 and 1970, the Academy of Fine Arts between 1932 and 1949 and the County House for Guidance of Folkloric Creation between 1950 and 1999. The Palace has also been home to the County Library since 1913

Architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezso were the designer of one of the most representative buildings of the Transylvanian Secession. Built in the style of Lechner school (upon initiative of Mayor Dr. Bernady Gyorgy between 1911-1913) the place impresses both through its external and internal decorations.
In the harmonious aspect of the whole, the Majolica roof manufactured at Zsolnai factories in Pecs, Hungary, as well as the monumental inlay carried out according to the plans of painter Korosfoi-Kriesch Aladar stand out ; further, the bas relief's executed by master Kallos Ede dominating the front of the building, as well as Korosfoi-Kriesch Aladar’s frescoes inside, and the stained glass windows of masters Nagy Sandor and Thoroczkai-Wigand Ede, worked by Roth Miksa. The internal decorations are made from original, invaluable materials: the impressive internal hall – 45 meters long – is made from Italian marble of Carrara, framed by two Venetian mirrors. The two mythology frescoes dominating the hall are remarkable.
Nowadays the Palace of Culture is mostly host of several culture institutions (the State Philharmonic Orchestra, the County Library, the Art Museum, the Art Galleries, the permanent History Museum etc. )

Sources: wikipedia and www.levif.net












All the cards are new.

Republica Hotel Constanta


1956. Written, not used.

Sfantu Gheorghe "Liberty Square"




1953 card. written, not stamped

Constanta- Seaside promenade



1968 card. Written and stamped(the stamp is damaged).
Mihai Eminescu's statue and the Casino are visible in the picture.

Completed between the two World Wars in art nouveau style according to the plans of the architects, Daniel Renard and Petre Antonescu, the Casino features sumptuous architecture and a wonderful view of the sea. The pedestrian area around the Casino is a sought-after destination for couples and families, especially at sunset.(wikipedia)

University Library Cluj-Napoca

1992 card- written and stamped.

Deva- Multiview


1973 card. Written and stamped with fixed stamp.

Sibiu- Aerial view


1962 card.
Damaged stamp.

Motels


Sarmizegetusa Motel. Written and stamped- 1972.

"Cold Spring" Motel from Sinaia.
Written, but not postally sent.

Agapia Monastery

1974 card. Written and stamped with fixed stamp.

Built in the mid 17 century, it was restored and modified several times up until the half of the 19 century when the interior painting was made by Nicolae Grigorescu.


Govora Monastery


1981 card. Written and stamped.

The construction of the monastery started during the reigns of Vlad Dracul(the Devil) and his son Vlad the Impaler(mid XV century) and reconstructed at the end of the century by Vlad Calugarul(the Monk) and Radu the Great. It suffered several rebuilt and restauration processess up to 1969.


Slanic Moldova


1972 card. Postally used. Fixed stamp.

Slanic Moldova is a Romanian spa since the second half of the XIXth century, and it's famous for its mineral water springs.

Felix spa- Baile Felix


The resorts host many mineral springs with thermal (20-48°C), sulphuric, calcic, sodic, rich in bicarbonate waters known since the beginning of the millennium. The soothing effect of the waters on articular and muscular pain and on various rheumatic neuralgias accounts for the fame of cures in the resort for the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic disease, degenerative and articular rheumatic diseases, central and peripheral neurological disorders, gynecological diseases, post-traumatic conditions, endocrine disorders. (wikipedia)

 1973 postally used card. Fixed stamp.

 1972 postally used card. Intact stamp.


1978 written and stamped card. The same building(U.G.S.R. hotel) as above.


The facilities of the two resorts offer treatment of rheumatism and neurological and gynecological diseases. The modern medical base has at its disposal various facilities for procedures involving electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, aerosols, massage, paraffin packing and other water treatments. (wikipedia)

Black Sea Resorts 1970s-1980s


Modern day "Callatis" is a Romanian seaside resort called Mangalia.
1970s used card. Missing stamp


1981 used card. fixed stamp.



1981 used card. fixed stamp. Neptun seaside resort.


1973- written and sent. Missing stamp. Mamaia beach.

Satu Mare




Satu Mare ( Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti, German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר (Satmar)) is a city with a population of 94,948 (2011) and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as “Castrum Zotmar”, the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial and business centre in northwestern Romania.


Malinovski str. in Satu Mare. 1962 postcard. Written but not stamped.
The street changed its name in 1980(Eliberation) and later in 1997- Ion. I.C. Bratianu



1962 Sovietic Heroes Monument. Written and  stamp(unfortunately the stamp  is damaged).

Piatra Neamt view

Piatra Neamț ( German: Kreuzburg an der Bistritz, Hungarian: Karácsonkő; (population: 77,393) is the capital city of Neamţ County, in the historical region of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania. The piatra toponym (meaning rock in Romanian) was always part of the settlement's name throughout its history. Other names that the city has been called are: Piatra lui Crăciun (Christmas Rock, thus also corresponding to the Hungarian name of the city, "Karácson-Kő"); Târgu Piatra (Rock Fair, Rock Market) (in the middle ages) or simply Piatra to which was added the county name Neamţ (Neamţ = German), to distinguish it from towns in other counties of the same name.


1970 Piatra Neamt view. Written and stamped card.


1970s multiview. Written and stamped.