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topum ([personal profile] topum) wrote2016-08-23 08:49 pm
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Poor Atlantes

Moldova's and Romania's Roma (Gypsy) villages are home to some of the most hideous architecture I have ever seen. We are going to a Roma wedding in a main Roma town in Moldova soon and I hope to do a detailed report on the famous architecture of the Gypsy Hill.

This house in a small Roma village I drove past today is modest and tasteful compared to the typical palaces on the Hill:

[identity profile] sleepybadger.livejournal.com 2016-08-25 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
lol that sounds like exactly what happened here

[identity profile] topum.livejournal.com 2016-08-25 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
This is actually quite understated and not that eclectic by Roma standards. Some of the palaces on the Hill are mind boggling.