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The Romanian Athenaeum


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It's one of the most representative buildings of the Capital, with value of a symbol, built between 1886 and 1888 (inaugurated on 14/26 February 1888), after the plans of the French architect Albert Galleron, helped by the Romanian architect Constantin Baicoianu, to the initiative of an intellectual group, eager to endow Bucharest with a roomy hall, destined to musical manifestations of high artistic carriage. The founds have been gathered by public subscription as answer to the famous appeal "give a leu for the Athenaeum". The Romanian Athenaeum, with the front side in neoclassical style and with a big cupola, of baroque structure, has the aspect of a ionic temple with six frontal columns and two lateral ones. The big concert hall, with a diameter of 28.50 meters and a height of 16 meters, has a capacity of 1,000 seats and a good acoustics, being decorated with a fresco where are surprised the principal moments of Romanian history - opera of the painter Costin Petrescu.
 
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