Geology Museum (Romania) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The National Geology Museum is hosted by the building built in 1906 for the Geological Institute of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. The building was designed by the Victor Ştefănescu using the neo-Brâncovenesc style

Brâncovenesc style

Is a type of architecture developed in Wallachia during the reign of Constantin Brâncoveanu in the 17th and 18th century.Examples of buildings with this style:*Horezu Monastery*Văcăreşti Monastery**Brâncoveanu Monastery*Surpatele Monastery...

, and was declared an architectural monument. The museum hosts a collection of 80,000 samples of rocks, fossils, and minerals from Romania.

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