After visiting the Stavropoleos Monastery, and wandering past the beautiful and also historic Negresco (built 1883)…
…I continued wandering around the Old Town and meandered past the beautiful Palace of the Deposits and Consignments.
It is the headquarters of the CEC Bank that began construction in 1897 and was completed in 1900 by King Carol I and Queen Elizabeth. The Palace is said to be one of the strongest buildings in Bucharest as in the 1977 earthquake, only the glass dome was damaged, while other buildings around it collapsed.
…then continuing past some other interesting places…
~ Bella
Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania. Its church is built in Brâncovenesc style. The patrons of the church are St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel. [Wikipedia] It is only a…
...and I happened to come across my favourite little patisserie in the whole world - Paul. "PAUL started in 1889 as a French family bakery. Today it is still a family company, but their legendary goodies are famous all over the world. What PAUL stands for is basically traditional recipes…