Romanian Athenaeum

Romanian Athenaeum
Phone
+40 021 315 8798
Website
Romanian Athenaeum
Address
Benjamin Franklin 1-3

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Editor's review

Easily earning the title of Bucharest's most beautiful building, the Romanian Athenaeum combines baroque and ionic architectural elements courtesy of Frenchman Albert Galleron, who built the building in 1888. The owners, however, are the Romanian public who paid for the building's completion via the famous fund-raising campaign, 'Give a penny for the Athenaeum,' when the original patrons paupered out. Today it is the finest concert hall in the country, home of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. Even more gorgeous than the facade and garden is the building's interior which features lush frescoes, a gold leaf ceiling, pink marble columns, curving balconies and spiral staircases. Any chance to see a concert in this acoustic accomplishment is highly recommended.

Editor
Editor & Bucharest Local

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Visitor
Zimbabwe

6ueuep

Reply Dec 14th, 2024
Iuliana Arsene
Romania

it is definitely a place worth visiting

Reply Mar 21st, 2012
Georgette
United States

It has a beautiful garden in springtime. Marvelous building, too.

Reply Jun 9th, 2010
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