Inaugurated on December 2nd 1923, with the name Craiova Museum of Natural Sciences, by the members of The Scientific circle in Craiova, lead by natural sciences professor Marin Demetrescu, it became a section of the Oltenia Regional museum in 1928. On May 13th 1928, it was decided that the Craiova Museum of Natural Sciences, which […]

The bronze statue, sculptor Mircea Spătaru’s work, was placed in front of the highschool building named after Carol I in December 2007. Carol I of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, in his full name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, (born April 20th 1839, Sigmaringen- dead October 10th 1914, Sinaia) was the ruler and then […]

Marin Sorescu National Theatre in Craiova, previously known as Craiova National Theatre is a public cultural theatrical institution financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony. Founded in1850, the theatre was named after culture figure and local writer Marin Sorescu, in the years after the 1989 Revolution. The current building of the Craiova theatre, […]

The bust was executed by the sculptor from Craiova Marcel Voinea and it was unveiled in the year 2014, in the presence of the authorities and of the common citizens from Craiova. Michael I (born on the 25th of October 1921, Sinaia) was the king of Romania between the 20th of July 1927 and the […]

The current emplacement situated in a monumental building, it was assigned to the Court of Craiova in the years after 1960, the city courts from Oltenia having in the inter-war period, and immediately after, the headquarters in the building of the current University. The building built in the year 1890 by the architect Ion Socolescu […]

The statue was built up in the memory of Nicolae Romanescu, former mayor of Craiova in the year 1898, 1901 – 1916 and 1929. He was one of the most emblematic figures of the city and he contributed to the development of Craiova at the beginning of the XXth century. The mayor Nicolae Romanescu was […]