Athénée Palace

Interesting superimposed images of Athénée Palace, Bucharest’s Grand Hotel. Originally built in 1914 in a flamboyant Art Nouveau, then in the 1930’s redesigned along more sober Art Deco lines, as seen on the right of the picture. In a century of existence the Athénée Palace has seen a lot, from the glamour and courtesy of the era, to espionage stories and bombardments during WWII, to communism and lastly the 1989 revolution breaking out right in front of it…