| Photo Information |
Copyright: Anca Dorohoi (thepachita)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-09-11 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-09-24 1:52 |
| Viewed: 143 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The corner into Cristian Tell, number 9.
This house it belonged to a famous courtesan, heart breaker of the several well-heeled men of Bucharest. One of them (possibly King Ferdinand) gave her this house adorned with cherubs. Her name was Maria Mihaescu, nicknamed "Mitza Biciclista" because, in 1898, she was the first woman who dared to ride a bike on Calea Victoriei, impressing everybody with her panache and freedom of expression. She was 1.60m tall, with short blond hair and blue eyes. Later in life she married a general by the name of Dumitrescu. The house was nationalized in 1948 and poor Mitza, an old woman by then, forced to a little room in the attic where her house maid used to live. She lived there in dire poverty, for another 20 years. Some say that she used to send her husband begging so that she could continue to have her hair done at one of the most expensive beauty parlors on Calea Victoriei. |
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