Constanta City
Photos from Constanta city, Romania.
(almost 400.000 population including the suburbs with a history over 2.600 years-built by greek colonists and rebuild by the british at the end of 1800; largest port at the black sea, 4th in Europe, 7th in the world, 2 airports, Mamaia district resort is called Ibiza of the east). The city is capital of Dobrudja region, a region with almost 1.000.000 inhabitants, and an economy based on: oil (extraction and refining), wind energy (the new eldorado for wind energy investors with ongoing projects over 3 billion euros), nuclear energy, agriculture, wine industry, food industry, building materials, tourism, shipbuilding. Zodiac Hotel http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...odiachotel.jpg Voila Hotel http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...voilahotel.jpg Unicredit Building http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...creditbank.jpg Tulips http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...rse/tulips.jpg Traian Avenue (named after emperor Taian) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...aianavenue.jpg |
Tomis Avenue (tomis is the ancient name of the city) with Christmas lights
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...echristmas.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...christmas3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...christmas2.jpg Tomis Plus district http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...usdistrict.jpg Tomis Park http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../tomispark.jpg Tomis Marina http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...omismarina.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...mismarina3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...mismarina2.jpg Tomis Mall http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...tomismall3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...tomismall2.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...tomismall1.jpg Tomis Avenue http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...omisavenue.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...misavenue2.jpg |
The Sailor
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../thesailor.jpg The Old Casino http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...eoldcasino.jpg The ortodox cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ecathedral.jpg Sutzu Palace http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...tzumansion.jpg Storm on Mamaia Lake http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...mamaialake.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...parkslake2.jpg Storm on Central Park's Lake http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...lparkslake.jpg St. Mina Monastery http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...rse/stmina.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...se/stmina2.jpg Catholic church St. Anthony http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...oinechurch.jpg Sports Hall http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...sportshall.jpg |
Mamaia Beach (south area)
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...outhMamaia.jpg Anghel Saligny's Grain Silos (over 100 years in service) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...urisaligny.jpg North Entrance in the City from the airport http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...verse/ship.jpg Scandinavia Hotel http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...naviahotel.jpg Scala Hotel http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...scalahotel.jpg Satellite view http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...llitephoto.jpg Scubadivind School http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/salvamai.jpg Anghel Saligny's statue and Navrom Tower http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ignystatue.jpg |
Old Mansion, now Romexterra Bank HQ
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...xterrabank.jpg Ring One district http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...g1district.jpg Retail Park in the south part of the city http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...retailpark.jpg Office building http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...isencenter.jpg RBS Bank (also in a historical building) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...se/rbsbank.jpg Railstation http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ailstation.jpg Railstation Park http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...tationpark.jpg |
Queen Elisabeth Signature Restaurant (the building is over 100 years old)
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...restaurant.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...estaurant5.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...estaurant4.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...estaurant3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...estaurant2.jpg |
Central Post Office Tower
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...fficetower.jpg County Police HQ http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/policeHQ.jpg Passengers Ships http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...engerships.jpg Palazu district http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...zudistrict.jpg Palace Hotel (over 100 years in service) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...alacehotel.jpg Ovidiu Island http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...idiuisland.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...diuisland2.jpg Ovid Campus (named after the roman poet Ovid, exile at Tomis from Rome) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...sitycampus.jpg The Opera http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...erse/opera.jpg The Opera Park (one of the historical parks in the city, almost 200 years old) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../operapark.jpg Tomis Marina and On Plonge Restaurant http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...restaurant.jpg The oldest building in town (over 200 years old, from the initial 9 buildings, only 2 survived and now are restaurants. Originaly inside were apartments for the english workers from Danube and Black Sea Rail Company, this explains the british architecture) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ginthecity.jpg *(due to the fact that Constanta is a port, and also due to the large mix of population and religions here you cand find architecture from all around the world. on the same street there are a mosque, an ortodox cathedral and a catholic church) |
Some other old mansions
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion8.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion7.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion6.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion5.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion4.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldmansion2.jpg |
Kindergardens hosted in some historical buildings
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ndergarden.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...dergarden2.jpg Winter in the old city http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...se/oldcity.jpg Old city http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/oldcity3.jpg Panoramic view over the old city http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/oldcity2.jpg A beautiful old Austyn http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...rse/oldcar.jpg Historical buildings on Tomis Avenue http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...dbuildings.jpg |
Fantastic post of a place I've never seen.
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Thank you for your words. ^^ :cheers:
Despite the almost 50 years of communist regime the City of Constanta had it's own way of development. From 1890 to 1943 (in 1887 it's annexed by Romania) due to the strategic location of the city many US, British and German companies invested here. This left a mark on the city. The US was the most prominent. The street developing followed the traditional US grid. Also many art-deco/modernist US style buildings had been built, some survived until nowadays as landmarks (stock house, mamaia casino, passenger terminal, the grain silos, the water company HQ,port's power plant, Holiday Radio Building, Albatros hotel, Rex Hotel, the old air terminal and others). Despite the communist regime the grid model continued to be developed in the new districts and is also used today. The communist regime in Constanta was a little different because of the port and the large number of foreign tourists form west Europe and US. In Mamaia resort there were shops called "Shops" where the currency was US Dollar or the old german mark. Here from the smugglers or sailors everybody was buying blue jeans, marlboro, whyskey and foreign vinyls. Holiday Radio, and Holiday radio Costinesti resort were the only radios where you could here western music. Even there were built many commie apartment blocks, many of them don't have the box architecture. Some representative commies have apartments with 3, 4, and 5 rooms. The US model wasn't abandoned even in the commie regime. The mayor of the city disliked the commie block type of some of the new hotels that were built in Mamaia Resort so he sent the chief architect in US. When he returned he built Perla Hotel inspired by Lever Building. Also he built in the northern part of the resort new hotels with terraced architecture and arround Tabacarie Lake he built the Central Park (and also the other parks) in a square shape as seen in New York. One thing that we are proud of (and with this I end the off topic :D) is that there were no ethnic or religious conflict in the city's history. (the "native" papulation it's a mix of over 20 nationalities, there are almost 20.000 expats living here, and at the medical collage there are 5.000 non EU students from 113 countries). Despite this big mix of cultures and religions there never was, and never will be ethnic districts. Everybody lives with everybody, and everybody is welcome here :D. Back on topic: An artistic photo of Navodari (translated refers to the fishermen holding the fishing nets). http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...t/navodari.jpg |
Some buildings from the old city (a large scale project for the revival of this district started a 2-3 years ago and it's scaled for completion in 5 years).
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...uildings11.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...uildings10.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings9.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings8.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings7.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings6.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings5.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings4.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...buildings2.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...tmentblock.jpg |
City view from Tom Retail Park's parking lot
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...einthecity.jpg Some office buildings http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...cebuilding.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ebuilding2.jpg And modern architecture http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/newvilla.gif |
1st of May avenue near the railstation
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ailstation.jpg Navy Museum (the only one in Romania) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...navymuseum.jpg Navy HQ http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...comandment.jpg Navy Academy http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...avyacademy.jpg Navrom Tower http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...avromtower.jpg Nautica cruise ship http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ticacruise.jpg Myke Tyson :D http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../myketyson.jpg Modern Bay http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../modernbay.jpg |
Modern Bay
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...modernbay3.jpg Mircea the elder college (he was a romanian ruler) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ceacollage.jpg Mircea the eldar brig (it's the romanian navy's school ship) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...mirceabrig.jpg MCM beach http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/MCMbeach.jpg McDrive :D http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...everse/McD.jpg Old mansions http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansions.jpg Belvedere district http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...nsonthesee.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../mansions2.jpg |
Some modern mansions
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...se/mansion.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansion7.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansion6.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansion5.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansion4.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansion3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/mansion2.jpg |
Mamaia lake
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...mamaialake.jpg Mamaia avenue (from a couple of years it's developing itself in the financial district of the city) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...maiaavenue.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...aiaavenue4.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...aiaavenue3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...aiaavenue2.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...aiaavenue5.jpg Limos :D :notacrook: http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...erse/limo3.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...erse/limo2.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...erse/limo1.jpg |
The new lighthouse
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...lighthouse.jpg La cucaracha beach http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...rachabeach.jpg kiteing http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...se/kiteing.jpg Irish pub http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...e/irishpub.jpg Ion Jalea sculpture museum http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...leamuseukm.jpg ING bank HQ http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/.../ingcenter.jpg Industrial district http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...aldistrict.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ldistrict2.jpg Hugo Boss store http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...obossstore.jpg |
The roman edifice with mosaic museum (the largest mosaic paved public square in the Roman Empire).This plaza is on top the the old roman warehouses and next to the roman public baths.
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...troymuseum.jpg The history museum (some of the pieces here are under UNESCO heritage like the Thinker and his wife-from hamangia culture and the Glykon Snake-from the roman period) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...torymuseum.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...nCt/glykon.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ganditorul.jpg Harley :D http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...rse/harley.jpg Gravity Park (the largest extreme sports park in eastern europe-website here) http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...ravitypark.jpg Grand hotel Built over 100 years ago near Bristol Hotel, Grand was the first hotel in town with non stop heated water. http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...grandhotel.jpg GM showroom http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/...MCShowroom.jpg |
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