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The castle-palace of Balchik (also known as Balcic) is a master works in balkanic-oriental style, with various elements from Romanian traditional architecture. The official name of the palace was the Quiet Nest Palace. It was built between 1926 and 1937 in the Cadrilater, a former part of Romania, as summer residence of Queen Marie of Romania.

Balcic este un ora la ărmul Mării Negre, în nord-ș țestul Bulgariei, în teritoriul numit Cadrilater, care a apar inut de Regatul Românieiț . În 1940, Cadrilaterul, inclusiv Balcicul, a fost dobândit de Bulgaria.Datorită versan ilor de calcar din perimetrul său, țlocalitatea a fost supranumită Ora ul Alb. Întreaga șzonă a fost numită Coasta de Argint din acelea i șmotive.

Romania

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The Balchik Palace was the favorite summer residence of Queen Marie of Romania and her immediate family. The town is the site of Marie's Oriental villa, the place where her heart was kept, in accordance with her last wishes, until 1940 (when the Treaty of Craiova awarded the region to Bulgaria)

Interiorul Castelului este extrem de modest, pereţi văruiţi în alb, uşi masive din lemn sculptat, păstrate din perioada Reginei. Au fost păstrate din acea perioadă şi câteva obiecte: dulapuri sculptate şi pictate, oglinzi, scaune şi un şemineu. Baia de marmură, cu cada îngropată în piatră, chiuveta şi măsuţade toaletă au fost păstrate intacte. Pe toate obiectele se află explicaţii care spun că eleau aparţinut Reginei Maria, dar nu se specifică în ce ţară a fost Maria Regină…

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Marie of Edinburgh, the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania, visited Balchik in 1921 and 1924 liked the location, ordering the vineyards, gardens and water mills of local citizens to be bought so a palace could be constructed at their place. Balkan and Oriental motives were used in the construction of the palace that was carried out by Italian architects Augustino and Americo, while a florist was hired from Switzerland to arrange the park. The main building's extravagant minaret coexists with a Christian chapel

În 1924, Regina Maria vizita Balcicul pentru a doua oară, la insistenţele pictorului Alexandru Satmari. Probabil că acesta cunoştea bine zona, deoarece Balcicul era vizitat în aceea perioadă de cei mai importanţi pictori ai vremii. Un an mai târziu începea construcţia la Balcic, Regina îndrăgostindu-se pur şi simplu de oraş. Arhitecţii Augustino şi Amerigo, din Italia, împreună cu peisagistul Jules Jany din Elveţia, termină construcţia în 1936. Castelul, numit şi “Cuibul Liniştit” (“Quiet Nest” sau “Tenha Juvah” în limba turcă) este de fapt o vilă cu pereţi albi şi acoperişuri de ţiglă roşie străjuite de un minaret. Este construit de-a lungul a trei terase şi combină elemente ale stilului maur, stilului mediteraneean cu cel al caselor bulgareşti.

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In 1940, after the incorporation of Balcic in Bulgaria, the Balchik Botanical Garden was established at the place of the palace's park. It has an area of 65,000 m² and accommodates 2000 plant species belonging to 85 families and 200 genera. One of the garden's main attractions is the collection of large-sized cactus species arranged outdoors on 1000 m², the second of its kind in Europe after the one in Monaco. Other notable species include the Metasequoia, the Para rubber tree and the Ginkgo.The author of the unique arrangement of the garden from Balcic was the park architect and main gardener, Swiss of origin, Jules Janin, (former gardener to Russian Emperor Nicholas II), in whose memory the Queen wrote on a marble plaque in existence even today at Balcic: “To Jules Janin, who realized my dream through this present garden. Marie.”

Parcul a fost transformat într-o adevarată gradină botanică. Acum conţine peste 3.000 de specii de plante, unele dintre ele rare, precum şi o colecţie de aproximativ 250 de cactuşi, una dintre cele mai importante din Europa. În 1955, grădina a intrat sub tutela Universităţii din Sofia, pentru studiul botanicii. După moartea arhitectului grădinilor de la Balcic, regina i-a a ezat o piatră funerară pe care stă scris: „Lui șJules Janin, care a făcut ca visul meu să devină realitate în această grădină”.

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Queen Maria wasn’t just a very beautiful woman—Queen Maria had been known in her era as the most beautiful queen of Europe—but also a Queen of Beauty.

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In accordance with her will, her heart was kept in a cloister at the Balchik Palace which she had built. In 1940, when Balchik returned to Bulgaria, Queen Marie's heart was transferred to Bran Castle. In 1968 Communist partisans defiled the marble sarcophagus in which the heart was preserved. Both silver coffers containing Queen’s heart were transferred to Bucharest and nowadays are in the custody of National Museum of Romanian History as well as Queen’s heart. The coffers are part of Romanian National Thesaurus and can be seen at National Museum of Romanian History. The decision of preserving Queen’s heart in a museum, even though not open to the public, continues to be a controversial subject

Capela “Stella Maris” este foarte mică, construită din piatră şi pictată complet în interior. O curte mică, cu o fântană şi pietre funerare creştine pot fi văzute chiar lângă Capelă. În timp ce Capela era înca în construcţie, Regina Maria a României şi-a exprimat dorinţa ca inima sa să fie îngropată aici.

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With its walls and columns covered in ivy, the Nympheum, or the Water Temple, is one of the most beautiful constructions in Balchik. The Biblical symbolism is not absent from here also: though the name is about the ancient nymphs that attracted sailors, the place is also named Bethesda (The House of Mercy). This place existed in real Jerusalem and ill people would gather to be healed by an angel that would touch the water from time to time. There, Jesus Christ did one of his miracles, healing a crippled that could not reach the healing water. Queen Mary used to have her anniversaries between the columns of this fountain replica in Balchik.

Templul apei” (The Temple of the Water) O construcţie cu arcade pictate pe interior, în cărămiziu şi albastru puternic, susţinute de coloane imense şi având în interior bazine în care altădată se afla apă.

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Text: Internet

Fotografii: ♦ Marta Slãvescu

♦ Internet slides 1-5

Prezentare: Sanda Foi oreanuş

www.slideshare.net/michaelasandaFond muzical: George Enescu: Octet, op. 7; Quintet in A minor, op. 29