One of my favourite Bucharest Art Deco doors. #artdeco #bucharest #door #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Cotroceni cat basking on the window sill of a Secession style house (1910s). #cat #cat s #cat basking #basking #cotroceni #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #valentinmandache

My monthly fresh haircut in front of the Greek Church of Bucharest. The theme was called by Bogdan, my hairdresser, “Youth”, for some reasons that I miss, probably because is still spring. #haircut #greekchurch #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

1940s Bucharest doorways of Modernist style apartment houses, Icoanei area. #modernist #doorway #1940s #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

At the tour today in West Cotroceni area. Photo by one of the participants. #architecturaltour #cotroceni #bucharest #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Ploiesti Art Deco “dizzying” heights. #artdeco #ploiești #1930s #oilwealth #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Buzau Neo-Romanian style glimpses (1920s). #neoromanian #buzau #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Lunch with the Irish Georgian Society group at Apafi manor, Malmkrog/ Malancrav, in Saxon Transylvania. #apafimanor #gypsymusic #saxontransylvania #transylvania #malmkrog #malancrav #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Creative vernacular Neo-Romanian in Matches Factory area of Bucharest, 1920s. #vernacular #neoromanian #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Lighting a candle in the memory of my mother, Dragomira, and my father, Virgiliu, at the Cattedrale di Pisa, and sending my thoughts through the Christ Entroned mosaic of Cimabue. #mother #cattedraledipisa ⛪️ #casedeepoca #tuscanystudytrip #valentinmandache

Oradea/ Nagyvarad Art Nouveau gates, 1910s. #artnouveau #oradea #nagyvárad #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

The Wallachian style portal of Mogosoaia Palace chapel, 1688. 10km north of Bucharest. #wallachia n style #wallachia n #wallachia #mogosoaiapalace #balkans #ottomanempire #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

The Neo-Romanian style (with Ottoman - Egyptian echoes) doorway to the treasury room of the former Marmorosch Blank Bank in Bucharest; arch. Petre Antonescu, 1920s. #neoromanian #marmorosch blank #marmorosch #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Arts and Crafts chair with Art Nouveau elements, designed and produced by Princess Marie of Romania in the early 1900s. Pelishor Castle, Sinaia. #artsandcrafts #artnouveau #marieofromania #pelishor #sinaia #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

I’ve just finished a private architectural history tour in Plantelor area of Bucharest for a highly educated British couple, a rare encounter in these parts in the post-Brexit era. #architecturaltour #guidedtour #bucharest #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Bucharest 1900s Little Paris style conservatory. Foisorul de Foc area. #1900s #conservatory #littleparis #bucharest #balkans #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Images from Hell, fresco in the pronaos of Budesti wooden church in Maramures, mid-17th c. #hell #woodenchurch #budesti #maramures #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

With the Irish Georgian Society group at the 1900s built, Neo-Romanian style, Cantacuzino Palace in Busteni, the Transylvanian Alps. #neoromanian #cantacuzinopalace #busteni #transylvanianalps #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Timisoara Neo-Hungarian windows, 1910s. #artnouveau #neohungarian #timisoara #1910s #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache

Neo-Romanian style windows at the 1900s built Cantacuzino Palace, Busteni, the Transylvanian Alps. #neoromanian #window #cantacuzinopalace #busteni #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #valentinmandache