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"Istanbul's Romanian Stones: Marcel Romanescu's Travel Album (1932)"

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines Marcel Romanescu's 1932 photo album on the "Romanian" monuments of Istanbul, presented to the Romanian Academy with photographs by Jean Weinberg. Featuring samples of Fener and Balat architecture, as well as reproductions of several archival documents, it reflects a "national-minded" travelogue style. Compared with contemporary albums, Romanescu's work blends historical documentation with literary sensibility, showing how Romanian intellectuals of the 1930s defined and engaged with Istanbul's Romanian heritage.

DOI: 10.17613/e8hnr-5ys30

Authors: Amăriuţei, Mihai-Cristian, Olar, Ovidiu

Institutions: Academia Română, Filiala Iași, Romanian Academy, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies

Language: English

Topic: Travel Writing and Literature

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7140187500

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