At Bucharest
June 2023, I walk around the Romanian capital.
Almost 35 years since the revolution.
What is it today?
Here is my view of a city where modernity mingles with history and tradition, where ostentatious luxury meets poverty…
However these contrasts make it its charm.
It is nicknamed «Le petit Paris des Balkans»
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A Bucarest
Juin 2023, j’arpente la capitale roumaine.
Bientôt 35 ans que la révolution a eu lieu.
Qu’en est-il aujourd’hui ?
Voici mon regard sur une ville où la modernité se mêle à l’histoire et à la tradition, où le luxe ostentatoire se heurte à la misère…
Pour autant ces contrastes en font son charme.
On la surnomme « Le petit Paris des Balkans »
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