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Funerary sculpture

Dec 162011

This beautiful sculpture, located inside the Princess Bălașa Church, sits on top of the burial place of Princess Zoe Brâncoveanu, the wife of the Wallachian Prince Gheorghe Bibescu. The sculpture which shows Zoe carried by an angel is the work of the French sculptor Jules Roulleau.

Fight

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Nov 112010

Versiune în română

Herăstrău Park, “Hercules Fighting the Centaur” by Ion Jalea, dated 1925.

The George Apostu corner, Kiseleff Park

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Jun 132010

Versiune în română

Today’s photographs show four sculptures by George Apostu, grouped in Kiseleff Park. Apostu (1934 – 1986) was one of the most famous Romanian sculptors of the 20th century, being often compared with Constantin Brâncuşi.