Photo Exhibition, 25 May - 4 June 2007
London City Hall, The Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA
City Hall is open to the public from 8.00 to 20.00 Monday to Friday.
Closed on Bank Holiday. Free entry. No booking needed.
A photo exhibition of seven artists with seven different visions on an ever-surprising city: classical and modern, young and ancient, delicate and imposing, wonderfully mysterious and full of life; always a place where cultures meet, forever a city of culture (www.sibiu2007.ro). Photographs by: Marcel Baciu, Dumitru Budrala, Viorel Frangulea, Stefan Jammer, Dragos Lumpan, Victor Oancea, Lucian Sandulescu.
Lecture, Thursday 31 May 2007
‘The Whole Village Project: Preserving Romania’s Rural Historical Architecture’, by Jessica Douglas-Home
London City Hall, The Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA
18.30, Committee Room 3. Limited seating. Entrance is free but booking is essential. In order to avoid disappointment, register in time at confirm@roemb.co.uk
As part of the ‘Sibiu - European Capital of Culture 2007’ photo exhibition at City Hall, Jessica Douglas-Home will speak about the work of the Mihai Eminescu Trust in preserving and promoting the traditional artisanship and architecture of Transylvania.
The Mihai Eminescu Trust is dedicated to the conservation and regeneration of villages and communes in Transylvania and the Maramures, two of the most unspoilt regions of Europe.
The Trust concentrates on the Saxon villages of Transylvania, a special case because of the age and richness of their culture and the emergency caused by the mass emigration of the Saxon inhabitants to Germany in 1990. These villages - farmers’ houses and barns built around fortified churches, substantially unchanged since the Middle Ages - lie in spectacularly beautiful surroundings. The hills and valleys are rich in wild flowers. Wolves, bears and lynx roam the mountains and the forests of beech and oak.
These events are organised by the Embassy of Romania in the UK
More details on http://london.mae.ro, www.mihaieminescutrust.com and www.london.gov.uk/gla/locationmap.jsp.
