Casa Presei Libere (The House of the Free Press) is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the highest one in the city until 2007. Herăstrău Park (Parcul Herăstrău) is a large Park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău. Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The building was named Combinatul Poligrafic Casa Scînteii "I. V. Stalin" and later Casa Scînteii (Scînteia was the name of the Romanian Communist Party's official newspaper). The Romanian Communist Party ( Romanian: ro Partidul Comunist Român, PCR was a communist political party in Romania. It was designed by the architect Horia Maicu, in the pure (albeit comparatively small-scale) style of Soviet Socialist realism, resembling the main building of the Moscow State University, and was intended to house all of Bucharest's printing presses, the newsrooms and their staff. Stalinist architecture (also referred to as Stalin 's Empire style Stalinist Gothic, or Socialist Classicism Socialist realism is a teleologically -oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of Socialism and Communism
It has a foundation with an area of 280x260m, the total constructed surface is 32,000 m² and it has a volume of 735,000 m³. Its height is 91. 6 m without the television antenna, which measures an additional 12. 4 m, [1] bringing the total height to 104 m.
Between 1952 and 1966, Casa Scînteii was featured on the reverse of the 100 lei banknote. The leu ( plural lei; ISO 4217 code RON numeric code 946 is the currency of Romania.
On 21 April 1960, a giant statue of Vladimir Lenin, made by Romanian sculptor Boris Caragea, was placed in front of the building. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, this statue was removed on 3 March 1990, following the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of increasingly violent riots and fighting in late December 1989 that overthrew the Communist regime of Nicolae [2] The statue's pedestal is still there.
It has basically the same role nowadays, with many of today's newspapers having their headquarters in the same building, now renamed Casa Presei Libere ("The House of the Free Press"). The Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori Bucureşti, BVB - in Romanian) was located in the southern wing at one point. The Bucharest Stock Exchange ( Bursa de Valori Bucureşti in Romanian) is a Stock exchange in Bucharest, Capital of Romania Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance The BVB is now located off the 5 and 16 tram lines between Piaţa Unirii and somewhat close to the University Square. Piaţa Unirii (meaning "Union Square" in Romanian) is one of the largest squares in central Bucharest, located in center of the city where Sectors University Square (Piaţa Universităţii is located in downtown Bucharest, near the University of Bucharest.
 Frontal view |
 Casa Scînteii in the 1980s |
 The building seen from Herăstrău Park |
 Hammer and sickle ornament |
 Casa Scînteii on the reverse of a 100-lei banknote, 1952 |
See also
References
- ^ Dicţionarul Enciclopedic Romîn, 1962
- ^ România Liberă, "Epilog la o statuie", 4 March 1990. Herăstrău Park (Parcul Herăstrău) is a large Park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău. The hammer and sickle is a part of Communist symbolism and its usage indicates an association with Communism, Communist Party, or Communist state The Seven Sisters is the name given to various Moscow Skyscrapers by British immigrants who came to live in Russia in the 1980s and 90s The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland, the seventh tallest After World War II, Socialist realism on the Soviet model was imposed on the USSR's new satellites including Romania. România Liberă ( Romanian: Free Romania) is one of the leading Newspapers in Romania. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
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