Junimea
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Junimea was a Romanian literary society founded in Iași in 1863, through the initiative of several foreign-educated personalities led by Titu Maiorescu, Petre P. Carp, Vasile Pogor, Theodor Rosetti an
Collective portrait of Junimea, 1883
Pogor House in Iași, the headquarters of Junimea; nowadays, The Romanian Literature Museum
Titu Maiorescu House on Strada Mercur (known today as Strada Arthur Verona), where the meetings of Junimea were held, Bucharest, c.1870, unknown architect. The house was demolished at the end of the 1950s or in the early 1960s, and now in that place is a playground behind the Eva apartment building
Petre P. Carp
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Petre P. Carp was a Romanian statesman, political scientist and culture critic, one of the major representatives of Romanian liberal conservatism, and twice the country's Prime Minister. His youth was
P. P. Carp (pre-1900 photograph)
The building once housing Junimea's printing press
Photograph of Carp, ca. 1870
A Constantin Jiquidi cartoon, poking fun at Carp's Era Nouă government (November 1888). In the "old era", peasants feed their masters; in Carp's "new era", the roles are politely alternated