Remarkable Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect, painter and art historian, Marcel Iancu (also spelled Janco) was the co-founder of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. He emigrated to Israel in the second part of his life and later established an artists’ colony in Ein Hod – where he organized a diverse group of artists and craftspeople to settle among the ancient stone houses of the village.

Hated and mutilated by Ceausescu because of its totally un-communist look, now in its original Sombrero livery, the National Theatre looks better than ever.

The I.L. Caragiale National Theatre is located at kilometer 0 of the Capital, at the University Square, emblematic space which played a vital role in Romania’s profound change towards an open, participative society.

Part of the major thoroughfare than runs through the middle of Bucharest, Magheru boulevard is one of Europe’s most representative Modernist boulevards, where the Art Deco architecture en vogue in the 1930s is prevalent. 

One of the first Modernist buildings in interwar Bucharest and an iconic building of Romania’s capital city, the Telephone Palace is the result of a bold architectural dream to transform Calea Victoriei (Victory Avenue) in a Romanian version of the famous Broadway.

One of the Art Deco architectural style’s flagship Bucharest buildings today houses the Centre for Cultural Projects of the City of Bucharest, ArCuB. Located in the very heart of the city, on the narrow yet very busy Batistei Street (near the Bucharest National Theatre), the building showcases the quintessence of the Art Deco style, which put its mark on Bucharest’s architecture in the inter-war period.

This stylish yet very small park is located in a quiet neighborhood, surrounded by beautiful old Neo-Romanian villas from the 1920s and never affected by communist demolitions. The perfect setting to end this architectural tour!