User:Craioveanu001/Brancovenesc style in Râmnicu Vâlcea

The Brancoveanu style and the neo-Romanian style combine in a pleasing way in Râmnicu Vâlcea. Although the former boyars who built them were rich, the houses are not large (with a few exceptions on Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard (Casa Tetoianu, where the Art School operated). The architects who designed them wanted to be distinguished by all added architectural details (arches, exterior ornaments, carved wooden pillars, elegant balconies and carved stone cladding). Each house is personalized, having a special prestige due to the decoration elements specific to the past.

Passers-by can't help but notice the window frames (mostly with contrasting colors), carved wooden columns and prominent arches suggesting a stone boss. The originality of the volumes is brilliantly intertwined with the decoration of the facades, the buildings (especially those located on Mihai Viteazul Street) forming a distinct unitary unit between the architectural attractions in the center of Râmnicu. Many of them are marked with the pleasant brown "historic monument") and appear uninhabited. Surrounded by lush gardens and exuding a special "medieval" charm, the retro-style buildings were copied by modern architects, so that now you can see new buildings borrowing from the scent of the early nineteenth century.

Perhaps one of the most beautiful buildings in Brancovenesc style built in Ramnicu Valcea is the current Art Museum. The building belonged to the Simian family, originally from Săliștea Sibiului, owners of a shoe factory in the city in the middle of the 20th century. Built in 1940 by the architect Gheorghe Simotta, the house benefits from a unique architectural structure, creating a general impression of an Italian villa. The expressiveness of the old house of the Simian family is highlighted by the harmonious and bright space of the "historic" part of the building, which houses the painting and sculpture collections of the city. The interiors of the house are "played" with both lights and shadows, as well as with multiple stylistic elements (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance). The uniqueness of the Simian House is accentuated by the existence of the interior garden, terraced, with a porch and awning roof.