The Chișinău Water Tower (Republica Moldova)

Today I bring you a few photos of a rare sight: an architectural monument of Chișinău (Кишинёв), Republica Moldova (Респу́блика Молдо́ва).

When I travel, specially to other capitals of Europe, I see plenty of architectural monuments. I never have time to visit them all, as they usually abound... but in the capital of Moldova, the exact opposite happened. I had plenty of time to visit every single monument in an afternoon.

I don't know why there are so few monuments in this city... I'm assuming many were destroyed in wars but I could be terribly wrong. On the other hand, Chișinău is a city full of green parks and little forests.

Next to one of those parks, right next to the Moldova State University there stands a lonely tower...

This is the Chișinău Water Tower, "an architectural monument (...) built at the end of 19th century after a project by Alexander Bernadazzi. It was a main part of Chişinău's water system. The upper level was built of wood and was destroyed by an earthquake. It was rebuilt between 1980 and 1983." ~ Wikipedia

I was lucky enough with the weather and, at the time I got there, the sun was lighting the main parts of the building in a lovely and charming way.

I also took a couple more shots from behind the building but with the sun coming from the front, they came out quite dark, naturally. I'll leave both photos here, anyway...

It's a pity that you almost can't see the flowers were covering the ground...

Despite the lack of monuments, I thought this city was very cute and tranquil. I wouldn't mind spending a couple more days there, just relaxing, enjoying the good food and the views.

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Camera	Canon IXUS 210
Location	Chişinău - Republica Moldova
	Photos 1, 2, 3: Unedited, but rotated with GIMP
	Photos 4 and 3: Edited with GIMP

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