Cărturești Carusel
Cărturești Carusel /kərtureʃti karusel/ is a bookstore on Lipscani 55 Street in the old town of Bucharest, Romania. It belongs to the Romanian bookstore chain .[1]
The building that currently houses the bookstore was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the Chrissoveloni bankers family. During the first few decades of its existence the building housed the Chrissoveloni Bank headquarters, and afterwards it became a general store. At the end of the 1990s and early 2000s the building fell into decay, up until 2015 when a five year long rehabilitation, strengthening and conversion project was complete.[2]
Some sources[3][4] claim that the bookstore name Cărturești Carusel means "Carousel of Light", but it is not the case. Cărturești does not mean "light". It is the name of the bookstore chain, and probably related to the words carte (meaning "book") and cărturar (meaning "learned man" or "scholar").[5]
Gallery[]
The façade in December 2018
Bookshelves on the 2nd floor
Bookshelves on the 2nd floor
Part of the 2nd floor
The upper part of the façade
The interior
Columns and the stair to basement in the bottom of the photo
Earth globe exhibited in September 2019
The bookshelf with art and art history books in August 2018
The same bookshelf in April 2019
References[]
- ^ "Unde ne găseşti". carturesti.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Cărturești Carusel în avanpremieră: o librărie spectacol, amenajată cu 400.000 euro (FOTO)". Wall-Street.ro. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Carturesti Carusel, Bucharest". Taking on the World. 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Carturesti Carusel: Is this the prettiest Bookshop in Romania?". solosophie. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ Cîmpan, Elena M. (2015-06-16). "La Cărtureşti". Bistrita Online (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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Coordinates: 44°25′55″N 26°06′06″E / 44.431892°N 26.101609°E
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