Constanta CASINO

Built in 1909 was inaugurated in august 1910; the designs were made by the architect Daniel Renard (first design was made in 1903; in 1905, the architect Petre Antonescu made the second design - but first one was chosen). The building has the most representative in town for decades, a real symbol for Constanta; it was also the only representative of "art nouveau" style in Romania. On top of the building the decorations consists of old ships representations (ram heads and alga garlands); inside there are staircases and imposing banisters, covered columns and marble girdles on the walls. In 1985-1987 the building was restored, the furniture was entirely changed.

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