The Kretzulescu family represents one of the oldest and most prestigious boyar lineages in Wallachia, alongside the Brâncoveanu princes – specifically the Bassaraba branch of Brâncovan. Uniquely, the Kretzulescus are the only Romanian boyar family recorded with princely rank in the Gotha almanacs. T... Read more
Moving to a new city comes with enthusiasm, but also with a long list of things to sort out: finding a home, changing your documents, getting familiar with the neighborhoods and, not least, choosing a family doctor. In a crowded city such as Bucharest, where the pace of life is fast and the medical... Read more
Receiving a fine can be an unpleasant experience, especially when you consider that the sanction is not justified or that there are errors in the report. In Bucharest, many of the contraventional sanctions are applied by the Local Police of the Municipality of Bucharest, an institution that has comp... Read more
In the summer of 1864, Bucharest took a decisive step toward administrative modernity. The city, officially called at that time the “commune of Bucharest,” organized for the first time elections for the position of mayor. It was a turning point for a capital still in the process of institutional con... Read more
Calea Văcărești is one of the oldest arteries of Bucharest, a street that, for centuries, linked the city center to the southern areas and that underwent dramatic transformations over time. Its story begins long before Bucharest acquired the appearance of a modern capital, in a period when the city... Read more
In 1930, Bucharest was a city poised between tradition and modernity, between the patriarchal rhythm of its outskirts and the ambition to become a fully European capital. Beyond elegant buildings, newly laid boulevards, and commercial effervescence, the city functioned on the basis of a well-establi... Read more
During the interwar period, Bucharest was living one of the most effervescent stages of its existence. The capital was nicknamed “Little Paris,” and Calea Victoriei had become the axis around which institutions, editorial offices, theaters, and famous cafés gravitated. Among them, Corso Café held a... Read more
On October 24, 1946, in Bucharest, Anca Miranda Călugăreanu was born, the one who would become known as Anda Călugăreanu, one of the brightest and most sensitive presences of the Romanian stage. She came from a family with Armenian roots on her mother’s side, and her childhood was not without diffic... Read more
The figure of Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu remains one of the most controversial and complex in the modern history of Romania. A refined intellectual and jurist, a doctor of economic sciences, and a communist leader who stood at the forefront of the events of August 23, 1944, he had a spectacular destiny: ra... Read more
In the history of Romanian culture, few destinies have shone so intensely and faded so quickly as that of Iulia Hașdeu. A genius child, a precocious spirit, a complex artist and an intellectual of rare depth, she managed, in only 18 years, to leave behind a body of work and a legend that continue to... Read more