Iasi Old Vs New photo
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Iasi Old Vs New photo
Sometimes I wonder when did the time go by so fast. It seems like yesterday I was playing with my friends in the park. I was skipping classes just to ride in one of these old fashion gliders, and now... they seem tired.
Now, there's no one, new shiny playgrounds are near...
A little bit nostalgic? yes I am...
(The pictures were taken in Expo Park | Iasi)
Showing posts with label to visit. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Iasi | Old Vs New
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
To visit | IASI
To visit | IASI
ok. so you want to come in Iasi and visit something. But what?
Well this is what i advise you.
1. Metropolitan Cathedral & "Trei Ierarhi" church.
2. Bucium plateau
3. Palace of Culture
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Iasi virtual tour
A pretty cool site about iasi is www.360city.ro. Here you can find a series of virtual tours with the main attractions in IASI.
You can find 360 images with: Palace of culture, City Hall Of Iasi(Palace Roznovanu), University of medicine and farmacy Iasi, University Al. I. Cuza Iasi, Central Library M. Eminescu, Copou Garden(Copou Park ) and the Botanical Garden Iasi.
There are hi quality pictures that show you the place and the surroundings.
the virtual tours of Iasi is HERE.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Museums In Iasi
Museum of Moldova (Complexul Muzeal National Moldova)
Address: Piata Stefan cel Mare si Sfant 1
(housed in the Palace of Culture / Palatul Culturii)
Tel: (232) 218.383
Email: contact@muzeul-moldova.ro
Web: www.muzeul-moldova.ro
Open: Tue. – Sun. 10:00am – 5:00pm; closed on Mon.
Admission charge (tickets may be purchased for one or all four museums)
1. Moldavian Ethnographic Museum (Muzeul Etnografic al Moldovei)
The Moldavian Ethnographic Museum is one of the oldest and largest in the country. Encompassing 16 rooms, the displays cover every aspect of traditional Moldavian life, featuring agricultural and hunting tools, woodwork, traditional pottery, painted eggs and a good collection of textiles and dyed carpets embroidered with bird and plant motifs. One room exhibits winter customs items, including masks representing the bear, the goat and other characters of traditional New Year’s festivities. The collection of wooden machinery is impressive with 19th century tree-size oil and wine presses.
2. Art Museum (Muzeul de Arta)
The art collection began with a set of oil paintings purchased at a Parisian auction in 1845. The official opening took place in 1860 at the Old University Palace and in 1955, the museum moved to its current location in the Palace of Culture. An excellent collection of Romanian paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries vividly illustrates Moldavian rural life and its landscape. Nicolae Grigorescu’s Car cu Boi (Ox Cart), Theodor Amann’s Hora de peste Olt (The Village Dance) and O. Bancila’s Batran Croitor (Old Jewish Tailor) are some of the collection’s highlights.
In the four rooms devoted to European art, there are paintings by Murillo, Philippe de Champaigne, Paolo Veronese and a Rubens, Cezar Receiving Pompey’s Head. Additionally, you’ll find works by foreign artists who lived and worked in Iasi such as Schiavonim Livaditii and Stavscki.
The sculpture collection includes pieces by national artists such as Oscar Han, Cornel Medrea, Ion Jalea and Ion Irimescu.
3. Moldavian History Museum (Muzeul de Istorie al Moldovei)
Opened in 1955, this museum features some 35,000 objects spanning the centuries from 70,000 B.C. until 1946. These exhibits cover 19 rooms on the ground floor of the Palace of Culture. Some of the famous Cucuteni ceramics are on display here.
The museum also houses the vaulted King’s Room (Sala Voievozilor), a gallery of medallion-shaped portraits depicting Moldavian sovereigns from 81 A.D. to the Hohenzollern kings.
4. Science and Technology Museum (Muzeul Stiintei si Tehnicii)
Radio, television, recording and broadcasting buffs will enjoy the exhibits displayed in this museum. The last section features a superb collection of musical instruments: unique Romanian music boxes, mechanical accordions and an automated orchestra with three violins and a piano.
Natural History Museum (Muzeul de Stiinte al Naturii)
Address: Blvd. Independentei 16
Tel: (232) 218.337
Open: Tue. - Sat. 9:00am – 4:00pm; Sun. 10:00am – 5:00pm; closed on Mon.
Admission charge
The Moldavian Society of Physicians and Naturalists opened their collection to the public in 1834. Today, the museum features 50,000 exhibits, illustrating fauna from around the world, and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. A special section is dedicated to Moldavian geology. Apart from its minerals, the museum also has a collection of prehistoric fossils containing fragments of mammoth, cave bear and rhinoceros.
Interesting facts:
The museum is housed in the 18th century Russet House, where Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected Prince of Moldavia in 1859.
Theatre Museum (Muzeul Teatrului)
Address: Str. Vasile Alecsandri 5
Tel: (232) 115.760
Open: Tue. – Sun 10:00am – 5:00pm; closed on Mon.
Admission charge
The museum is housed in a late 18th century house, once the property of poet and diplomat Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890), who played an important role in the founding of Moldavian theatre. The museum celebrates the history of theatre in Iasi and displays costumes worn by well-known actors in memorable roles, original documents, playbills and posters, as well as personal artifacts and memorabilia donated by various actors.
British Council Centre Iasi
British Council Centre Iasi
Str.Pacurari 4
700511 Iasi
T/F: 0232 316159
E-mail: bc.iasi@britishcouncil.ro
For the Centre
Mondays through Fridays: 09:00 - 17:00
For the Library
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 13:00 - 19:00
Wednesday and Friday: 10:00 - 16:00
Iasi – cultural breeding ground
The beginnings of higher education in Iasi date from the reign of Vasile Lupu (1634-1653). In 1640, Lupu founded an academy at the Three Hierarchs Monastery.
In the 18th century, a Royal Academy was established in one of the buildings attached to the Metropolitan Cathedral. The institution was closed down by the Ottomans after the Greek Revolution of 1821, but Gheorghe Asachi reopened it under the name of The Vasilian Gymnasium seven years later. In 1835, it was renamed The Mihailean Academy and had three sections: Philosophy, Law and Theology, as well as two special courses, Polytechnic Sciences and Economy.
In 1860, Alexander Ioan Cuza founded the University of Iasi. Today, this university is comprised of 26 colleges and eight research institutes of the Romanian Academy.
Old University Palace (Vechea Universitate)
Address: Blvd. Independentei 35
Commissioned by Ioan Cantacuzino between 1760 and 1765, the Old University Palace was badly damaged during a fire in 1795. Later renovated and converted into a royal residence, it remained in royal use until 1806. The stone arch in front of the palace dates from this period. On it, you can see the Moldavian coat of arms and a Cyrillic inscription spelling out the words the door of hope. In 1860, the building became home to the newly established University of Iasi and to the first public art collection in the country. Today, it houses the Medicine and Pharmacy College.
University on Copou Hill (Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza)
Address: Blvd. Carol I nr. 11
The main university building was built between 1893 and 1897 on the site of the Great Theatre which had burned down. The Hall of the University, known as The Hall of the Lost Footsteps, served as a parliamentary debating chamber between 1917 and 1918. In 1967, the painter Sabin Balasa created a series of strongly romanticized frescoes for the arcades.
Central University Library (Biblioteca Centrala Universitara Mihai Eminescu)
Address: Str. Pacurari 4
Located at the base of Copou Hill, this triangular building with Doric columns and cupola was built between 1930 and 1935 to serve as the headquarters of King Ferdinand’s Cultural Foundation. The building was decorated with Carrara marble and Venetian mosaics. By 1945, the Foundation library had become one of the biggest in the country with more than 300,000 volumes. Today, the library is the largest in Moldavia, with a great number of manuscripts and old books from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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