chronicling our travels. After using that site for 17 years, technology changed; it can no longer be updated. Welcome to our NEW SITE which follows our journeys from the Fall of 2016 to present. Our thanks go to Andy Paluch/WebGuyz!
The Athenaeum was completed in 1888, financed almost entirely
with money donated by the general public. One of the preeminent
public fundraising campaigns ever in Romania, the "Give a penny for
the Athenaeum" campaign saved the project after the original
patrons ran out of funds. With its high dome and Doric columns, the
Athenaeum resembles an ancient temple. Renowned
worldwide for its outstanding acoustics, it is Bucharest's most
prestigious concert hall and home of the Romanian George Enescu
Philharmonic