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Bust of Mihai Eminescu
The statuary complex dedicated to the great poet was unveiled in 1934, has a height of 3m and is the work of sculptor Oscar Han. The monument is located near the sea, on the seafront of the Casino, thus fulfilling one of the wishes expressed by the artist in the lyrics of the poem: "I have one more longing…" "I have one more longing: In the silence of the evening […]
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Made in 1937 by the sculptor Ion Jalea, paid for by public subscription, the statuary group is composed of two elements: "The statue of Queen Elizabeth" and "The harp muse". In the 50s, the communist regime decided to remove the statue and replace it with another work by the same artist: "Archer resting". In 1975 the song "The Muse with the Harp" was […]
Continue readingThe Statue of Ovid
Work of the famous Italian sculptor Ettore Ferrari, it is an emblematic statue of the city and probably the most important monument of Constanța. The statue was unveiled in August 1887 in the presence of local personalities of the time and was a festive event for the entire city. The bronze statue depicts the writer Ovid in a pose […]
Continue reading"Ion Jalea" Sculpture Museum
ION JALEA MUSEUM is one of the few cultural buildings in our country dedicated exclusively to sculpture. The institution is hosted by a beautiful building built in Brancovean style at the beginning of the 200th century. Inside the museum are exhibited over 1969 beautiful works donated by the sculptor in 1984 and his family in XNUMX, after his death. At the ground floor […]
Continue readingConstanta Museum of Art
With a patrimony of over 7000 Romanian works of art, the Art Museum represents a reference point on the cultural map of the city, through the value and importance of the exhibits. The basic exhibition of the Constanta museum is structured on monographic nuclei / halls of masters and suggests a complex image of the creation of each one, but also of the directions of evolution from […]
Continue readingMarine Museum Constanta
The permanent exhibition is structured in chronological order and includes four sections: ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary history. In the first rooms, three-dimensional objects - bas-reliefs, molds based on epigraphic documents, coins, graphic works, transmit information about the beginning of navigation on them in the space between the mountains, the Danube and the Sea. The generous space of over 10.000 sqm is organized in 22 […]
Continue readingMuseum of History Constanta
The Museum of National History and Archeology is the second most important museum, after the Museum of History in Bucharest. The massive and imposing construction that dominates the entire square was built between 1912-1921 under the guidance of the architect Victor Ştefănescu. The museum is structured on three levels, on the ground floor are the Treasury rooms, dominated by the statue of the Glycon snake. Within the other floors of […]
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