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The
Port
Museum
building
is
located
on
the
site
of
the
former
"Royal
Pavilion"
also
called
"Queen's
Nest".
The
story
of
this
place
is
closely
related
to
the
history
of
Port
Constanța.
At
the
request
of
King
Charles
I,
between
1909
and
1910,
under
the
guidance
of
Anghel
Saligny,
a
construction
made
mostly
of
wood,
resembling
the
superstructure
of
a
boat,
was
erected
on
the
pier
at
the
entrance
to
the
port.
The
building
was
intended
for
Queen
Elisabeta
(Carmen
Sylva),
who
loved
the
sea
very
much.
It
was
a
tribute
paid
to
the
sovereign
of
Romania
by
the
engineers
who
had
completed
the
port
development
works
(1896-1909).
In
1911
the
queen
was
already
using
this
residence
where
she
felt
happy.
She
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
this
pavilion,
accompanied
only
by
a
chambermaid,
and
guarded
by
units
of
the
military
navy.
Elisabeta
was
notified
by
the
guard
officer
every
time
a
ship
left
or
entered
the
port
and
she
often
came
out
on
the
terrace
of
the
building
waving
a
handkerchief
in
the
air,
as
a
gesture
of
farewell
or
welcome.
The
most
important
visit
to
Elizabeth's
"Nest"
was
that
of
the
Tsar
of
Russia,
Nicholas
II,
who
in
June
1914
was
the
guest
of
the
royal
family
in
Constanța.
In
January
1927,
the
wood,
tarpaulins
and
other
easily
combustible
materials
used
to
erect
the
building
were
destroyed
by
a
strong
fire.
In
1928,
at
the
behest
of
Queen
Maria,
the
architect
Victor
Stephanescu,
the
author,
among
others,
of
the
Carol
I
Mosque
and
the
Communal
Palace
(the
current
history
museum)
built
a
new
"Queen's
Nest"
here,
a
splendid
construction
also
reminiscent
of
the
superstructure
of
a
ship.
After
1945-1946,
the
building
underwent
various
changes,
the
most
important
occurring
after
the
60s,
when
extensive
works
were
carried
out
to
enlarge
the
port.
On
the
occasion
of
the
expansion
of
the
pier
and
the
construction
of
the
railway,
almost
half
of
the
building
was
demolished,
the
rest
being
transformed
into
a
warehouse
for
the
storage
of
construction
materials.
In
1996,
the
building
was
inaugurated
in
its
current
form.
The
position
of
the
building
was
preserved,
but
many
of
the
elements
of
the
previous
construction
were
not
preserved.
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