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Not far from the Parliament building, along Stefan the Great Boulevard, stands a house that resembles a cake – the city villa of Titular Counselor Vladimir Herz, constructed in 1903, purportedly designed by the Austrian architect Heinrich Lonsky in the style of Viennese Baroque. The building takes on the appearance...

It is a place of worship and an architectural monument of national significance, entered in the Register of monuments of history and culture of the municipality of Chisinau. It is the former chapel “St. Emperors Constantine and Helen” of the gymnasium no. 2 for boys (in the interwar period –...

Architectural monument of national significance, officially recorded in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture by the municipality of Chisinau, following the initiative of the Academy of Sciences. In the mid-19th century, Major-General’s wife Maria Markiva constructed a single-story house at the intersection of Sfatul Țării Street, adhering to...

Built between 1976 and 1979, the building has the curious shape of an “open book”. The authors were the architects Alexandru Cerdanțev and Grigore Bosenco. Designed from the beginning as an administrative building to house the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the MSSR, this building was prepared in...

The building, constructed between 1984 and 1987, was designed by architects Iuri Tumanian, A. Zalțman, and V. Iavorski. Initially conceived as an administrative facility to accommodate the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovan SSR, the structure was repurposed in the early 1990s, with minimal modifications, to serve as the seat of...

The Roman Catholic community in Chisinau, composed almost exclusively of Polish people, was formed in the late 1830s. Ten years later, with their own financial contributions, the community builts a holy place, in 1840. The church project was approved in St Petersburg. The architect and sculptor Joseph I. Charlemand played...

Moldavian actor, director, screenwriter, poet and writer. He has directed more than 20 films, including “The Red Meadows” (1966), “The Milkmen” (1971), “The Shatra” (1975), “My Gentle and Tender Beast” (1978), “Anna Pavlova” (1983), “The Lighthouse” (1986). He has also made short films. He has been declared “the best director...

On July 5, 1957, the Minister of Culture of the MSSR, A. Lazarev, signed the order for the establishment of the Moldovan State Theater of Opera and Ballet “A.S. Pushkin,” marking an epochal moment for the further development of this prominent institution of national culture. The historical journey of the...