Huh, this post will be hard to write. 
In Romania it’s very hard do to something, especially when it comes to old buildings or in general with everything. You must know some people, put some money in their pockets, this kind of sh*t.
In Romania it’s very important that THEY (the government etc) can make money having a beautiful life (they almost have laws for not going to jail) so they don’t care about other things. We have so many beautiful old buildings and resources to do so much, but they don’t care. Anyway.
In this summer that just passed by, my colleagues and I (13 girls and 2 boys) participated on an Architecture Camp. We went to Obârșia de Câmp (in the south of Romania, near Danube) for a week to clean and conserve a palace, Pleșa Palace.
Long story short – it says that the palace was made for a French girl by the boyar Pleșa. She promised that she will marry him if he will make a palace like the French ones. He made the palace, it was the first building with heating system and radiators from Romania, he also hired painters from France to paint the walls and all the parts were made in Italy and assembled in the palace. It also had Venetian mirrors and marble on the balconies. After 10 years of working she refused to marry him because the palace wasn’t cover in gold coins. He died alone at 90 years in France and without an heir the palace is left behind.
After we saw the palace, we had so much to do. We cleaned all the mess and we tried to conserve some parts so they can resist at least 2 years, in this time the team must raise some money for restoration. We also closed all the windows and put some steel mesh (I think that’s what they call it) so that the birds can’t come in. It was so funny, we worked a lot, we took some measurements of the floor plans and the facades.
Here are some photos with the palace, with my colleagues and I and some descriptions if you move the cursor over a picture.
It was an amazing experience and I’m so glad that we did something and I hope we can do more for these beautiful places.
PS: All the photos are made by our coordinator and I. If you want to see more you can access our Facebook page Palatul Pleșa.
Hugs, Lina.
Lina's Journey 
Wow the palace looks amazing!!! Well done 💜
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I hope for more.
Thanks for stopping by! xx
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Such a sad story: I feel bad for the man who built the palace! It’s a lovely old building though, and I’m glad you helped to clean it up!
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It’s sad.
Thank you for stopping by! xx
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That building looks so lonely out there, but I can see how it must have been lovely in its day. Driving through the American Midwest, you can see lots of grand old farm houses built for big families slowly falling apart because if the new owners of the surrounding farm land tore them down or restored them, either way they would not only have to pay for that, but their property taxes would go up because they had improved the property.
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Yes, you’re right, but it’s sad… I would really love to see all the old buildings restored and full of life again.
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