The Theodor Pallady Museum is housed inside the exquisite early-18th-century Casa Melik, a former merchant's house. It contains the private art collection of the Raut family, now part of the National Art Museum.
Theodor Pallady Museum
Bucharest
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- metro: Universitate
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