Door knob in the main room of the Balchik Quite Nest
by Amalia Suruceanu
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Door knob in the main room of the Balchik Quite Nest
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Amalia Suruceanu
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The Balchik Palace (Quiet Nest Palace) was constructed between 1926 and 1937, during the Romanian control of the region, for the needs of Queen Marie of Romania. Marie of Romania, the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania, visited Balchik in 1921 and liked the location of the summer residence, ordering the vineyards, gardens and water mills of local citizens to be bought so a palace could be constructed at their place. Balkan and Oriental motives were used in the construction of the palace that was carried out by Italian architects Augustino and Americo, while a florist was hired from Switzerland to arrange the park. The main building's extravagant minaret coexists with a Christian chapel, perfectly illustrating the queen's Bahá'í beliefs (Wikipedia).
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