The baroque casino from the constant

The casino is one of the emblem buildings of Constanta. In the area where it is today, a wooden construction, a casino, as it was called - a place for theater performances, balls, a recreation place for tourists, was built between 1880-1902. The construction of an edifice with functions similar to the big European casinos began in 1904. Originally, the plans were drawn by the architect Petre Antonescu, who designs a building whose architectural style is inspired by the traditions of Romanian art. After finishing the foundations, however, the plans are changed, the City Hall entrusting their modification to an architect of French origin [1] (or Swiss [2]), Daniel Renard, who renounces the specificity of the Romanian style in favor of an Art Nouveau style [3] the cosmopolitan influence of the casinos of the era, in which the main reason is a kind of shell-shaped demigod. Built in 1908, the Constanţa building is finished in 1910, when it is inaugurated (in 1912 the last retouching is done).