Cărturești Carusel /kərtureʃti karusel/ is a bookstore on

Lipscani Lipscani is a street and a district of Bucharest, Romania, which from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century was the most important commercial area of the city and Wallachia. It is located near the ruins of the old Princely Court built by Vla ...

55 Street in the old town of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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. Its name is sometimes misinterpreted as "Carousel of Light", but Cărturești does not mean "light"; it is the name of the bookstore chain to which the bookstore belongs. Cărturești is probably related to the word ''cărturar'' (meaning "learned man" or "scholar"), with a toponymic suffix -''ești''. The building that currently houses the bookstore was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the Chrissoveloni bankers family. During the first few decades of its existence the building housed the Chrissoveloni Bank headquarters, and afterwards it became a general store. At the end of the 1990s and early 2000s the building fell into decay, up until 2015 when a five year long rehabilitation, strengthening and conversion project was complete.

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Libraria Cărturești Carusel, Bucharest (45562434525).jpg, The façade in December 2018 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 11.jpg, Bookshelves on the 2nd floor 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 12.jpg, Bookshelves on the 2nd floor 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 9.jpg, Part of the 2nd floor 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 13.jpg,

Composite Composite or compositing may refer to: Materials * Composite material, a material that is made from several different substances ** Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts ** Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials ...

capital of a column 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 17.jpg, The upper part of the

façade A façade () (also written facade) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loan word from the French (), which means ' frontage' or ' face'. In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect ...

55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 18.jpg, The interior 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 19.jpg, Stuccos with a

cartouche In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the f ...

and leafs 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 24.jpg, Columns and the stair to basement in the bottom of the photo 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 26.jpg, Earth globe exhibited in September 2019 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania) 10.jpg, The bookshelf with art and

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

books in August 2018 55, Strada Lipscani, Bucharest (Romania).jpg, The same bookshelf in April 2019

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