Slatina

[Nightwolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avt8HtLbYd8 here the video clip of Slatina that I made, hope you enjoy it.

Slatina is the undiscovered pearl of Southern Romania(Oltenia), it kept most of its historical buildings and now plans on becoming a tourist attraction after it rehabilitates all of the historical buildings, the potential is there,just waiting to be brought out by the hands of construction restorers.

Slatina is a small-medium town with just 78.000 inhabitants.


Administrativ Palace:





National Bank headquarters:



Royal Hotel



Mihail Deleanu house:

Caracostea house, the future headquarter of Oltu Episcopi:


Fantaneanu house:

Town Hall:


City Street:




City Overview:






Radu Greceanu Highschool build
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Hostel:

Brancoveni Monastery near Slatina, build in the 15 century by the Craiovesti nobles, then it was restored by Matei Basarab in 1640,destroyed by wars and rebuild in 1699 by the Walachian King Constantin Brancoveanu where his brother is buried and painted in 1702.









Clocociov Monastery in Slatina,first appeared in official documents during Neagoe Basarab ruling at 1512,the ruler Mihai Viteazul gives the monastery a high rank in 1593, it was restored by the ruler Matei Basarab in 1645.Wars, eartquakes asked for a another restoration in 1980.







Ortodox Cathedral, build in 1782 by Ionaşcul Cupetul and painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu.


Adormirea Maici Domnului Church:

Paraclisul:


Sfintii Trei Ierarhi Church:

Slatina Ortodox Church:

Strehareti Chruch:

The bridge over river Olt, build in 1893 by arhitect Davidescu, the first iron bridge in Romania.




War monument:

Water tower and a ceremony house:

Eugen Ionescu park








Pitesti park:

[bgp]

Thanks a lot, Nightwolf, great post. I must say that i know little about Slatina, but now you've made me interested. It seems like a nice city.

[Nightwolf]

I'm glad you like it, Slatina has a lot more to offer in terms of culture,history and architecture but most of the buildings in the historical part are not yet restored, there are plans to restore them but so far not much....

And I want to ask everybody here to not post pictures of communist apartment blocks,shopping malls, or glass buildings because nobody wants to see those, they all look the same in the whole world,ugly, why would someone want to see those?

And a few more pics of Slatina:


County council building.

Police headquarter

"Plaiurile Oltului” folclor organization headquarter

Museum of art.

A another pic from center.


Breaks my heart to see unrestored buildings...

[High Mileager]

Nice effort, Nightwolf!..
Looking forward for some pics with more modern buildings/developments

[Fallen]

Very nice!
I didn't know Slatina had architecture like that

[mihai_alex]

It's really strange that it has so much heritage for such a small town in the first half of the 20th century.



Nice pics

[Nightwolf]

Originally Posted by Fallen

Very nice!
I didn't know Slatina had architecture like that

Yes and the current administration knows how to appreciate culture and realized the tourism potential of the historical center. This is how they plan on restoring the historical center:




Photoshop,they brought architects to choose the color of each building and the street furniture, hopefuly they will materialize their and my dreams. It should have been done by now but there is a battle between the political parties here so not much has been done so far because one party is stalling the project.

And a another one with the National Bank headquarter at night:



And this house has nice architecture, just don't mind the horses, they're just taking a walk

[Nightwolf]

Originally Posted by mihai_alex

It's really strange that it has so much heritage for such a small town in the first half of the 20th century.



Nice pics

We kept 90% of the historical buildings, I think Slatina has 50-60% of the Sibiu's historical buildings number, and most have good architecture, huge tourism potential, just restore the historical buildings and demolish all communist blocks which have been build right in the historical center.

Many cities from muntenia and moldova have destroyed their historical buildings, we as those in Transivania kept them.

[Nightwolf]

And a few more pics which deserve to be showed:

A water mill, you can't say our mayor doesn't have good taste when it comes to arranging the city.


A water pool of rock.

Some benches in the Eugen Ionescu park:


More pic from Pitesti park






From city

[joce23]

Romania e plina de astfel de orasele linistite si faine.

* unul din cei mai buni amici ai mei locuieste de ex. in Slobozia (il durea in pix de CT sau BUC, desi e un tip ff destept care ar fi reusit exceptional oriunde s-ar fi dus in RO sau strainatate). Eu mi-l doream in CT fiindca mi-a fost cel mai bun amic pe timpul facultatii, dar macar asa am ocazia sa gust de cateva ori pe an viata de Slobozia ! Dupa pozele de mai sus, o sa-ncerc sa vad si Slatina intr-o buna zi !

[Nightwolf]

Sa vi dupa ce centrul istoric va fi refacut, va fi o bijuterie atunci, proiectul de refacere a centrului istoric a fost deja depus pt co-finantari europene, o sa aflam cat de curand cand va fi refacut.

Si atunci cand vi trebuie sa treci pe la "Atletul Albanez"-face cea mai buna inghetata,braga sarailii, halvite si baclavale din toata Romania, e cea mai veche firma straina privata din Romania,si e chiar in centrul istoric.

http://www.gandul.info/reportaj/atle...?3931%3B258352



Si pe langa asta au fost descoperite catacombe sub parcul Eugen Ionescu, in centrul istoric, au legaturi cu cladirile istorice din jur, BNR, Palatul Administrativ etc.






http://www.evz.ro/index.php?zone=art...ate=2009-09-01

http://www.gdo.ro/Actualitate/2007-0...ombe&tip=toate

[alex_zebe]

Chiar nu stiam cat de frumos e si orasul asta. Nu ducem lipsa de orase frumoase, cu mare potential, pacat ca in multe orase nu se pune profita de ceea ce exista.

[FeliciaV]

La Slatina pimaria a reusit sa atraga fonduri pentru toate proiectele depuse, inclusiv refacerea centrului istoric:

http://www.administratie.ro/articol.php?id=32165

In sfarsit vom avea si noi oltenii orase ca in vest!!!

[waddler]

Să completez și eu, am avut astăzi un drum până la Craiova și la întoarcere am făcut un mic stop și în Slatina.

Am rămas complet impresionat de cum arată orașul acesta, am făcut niște poze prin centru dar nu prea m-a ajutat vremea și nici cei cu care am fost nu au avut chef să oprim peste tot, dar am mai fotografiat ce am putut din mașină și zic că metrită să fie postate.

[AndreiB]

Imi place foarte mult cum s-a facut reabilitarea in Slatina. Centrul istoric in renovare, fonduri europene, commies rezolvate ok.

O sa incerc sa vizitez Slatina in Aprilie, sa vad si eu cu ochii mei cum sta treaba. Din ce am vazut aici sunt placut impresionat.

[waddler]

[AndreiB]

Imi place foarte mult cum s-a facut reabilitarea in Slatina. Centrul istoric in renovare, fonduri europene, commies rezolvate ok.

O sa incerc sa vizitez Slatina in Aprilie, sa vad si eu cu ochii mei cum sta treaba. Din ce am vazut aici sunt placut impresionat.

[waddler]

Mai am






Indicatoare traduse în Engleză. Mi se pare mie sau au indicatoare ca în Paris?

[waddler]

commies rezolvate ok

Și e mai tare decât pare, cred că mai mult de jumătate din blocurile orașului sunt renovate, sunt străzi întregi care arată cam așa:










Eu unul n-am mai văzut așa ceva nicăieri în România, atât de multe blocuri reabilitate cu o calitate și un design atât de tare, poate n-am umblat eu mult dar pun pariu că e o raritate.

[waddler]

Continuare, îți imaginezi cum s-a dus mândria mea de 'Muntean' în vreo 5 secunde când trecui pe la Olteni?







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