"And if you think of Brick, for instance,
and you say to Brick,
"What do you want Brick?"
And Brick says to you
"I like an Arch."
And if you say to Brick
"Look, arches are expensive,
and I can use a concrete lentil over you.
What do you think of that?"
"Brick?"
Brick says:
"... I like an Arch"
LOUIS KAHN

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"...At heart, I am a Byzantine..."
CARLO SCARPA

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photo:
byzantine masonry
St. Nicholas Church at Curtea de Arges, Romania
Biserica Sf. Nicolae Domnesc (Curtea Domnească )
Curtea de Arges
1340-1376
[built probably by master builders from Constantinople,
for the Princely Court of Basarab I of Wallachia]
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ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biserica_Domneasc%C4%83_Sf._Nicolae...
UNESCO World Heritage list submission:
whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/545/

other images of this church
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Byzantine chant - Anonymous
The uncompleted hymn Αναστάσεως ημέρα (Hymn of Praise-Resurrection Day) comes from a manuscript dating back to the second half of the 14th century and was preserved at the Library of the Romanian Academy.

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Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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Verdi.Nabucco.Va Pensiero

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photo:
King Michael I of Romania and Queen Ann with Arad Philharmonic musicians after a concert in front of Savarsin Castle, June 2003. It was a free concert in honor of the Royal Family, for the children of Savarsin.

Regele Mihai si Regina Ana cu Filarmonica din Arad in fata Castelului Savarsin in Iunie 2003, dupa un concert gratuit pentru copiii din Savarsin, in onoarea Familiei Regale.

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about King Michael I of Romania:

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