Călătoria lui Nicolae Rosetti-Roznovanu la Paris, în 1853
The journey of Nicolae Rosetti-Roznovanu to Paris in 1853

Summary/Abstract: In this case study, we try to reconstitute the journey of a Moldovan boyar abroad, as it’s reflected in the travel expenses documents. In the autumn of 1853, the great treasurer Nicolae Rosetti-Roznovanu travelled to Vienna and Paris to send his son to school and solve his own medical problems. Besides his son, Nicolae (Nunuţă), and his private teacher, Placide Doury, the Moldavian boyar was accompanied by other relatives and servants. The itinerary of the journey was Iaşi, Galaţi, Vienna, Strasbourg and Paris, returning along the same route to Vienna, and from there via Lemberg and Cernăuţi to Iaşi. The means of transport used were the carriage, the ship and the train. The boyar stayed for a few days in Vienna and about a month in Paris, living in select hotels in the city downtown. At Paris, he set up his son in a private pension and enrolled him at the Bonaparte Lycée. In the two great European capitals the boyar was consulted by physicians, because he suffered, probably, by the dropsy. During his spare time, he was at the theatre or opera, visited the complex of Versailles, took photography, went to restaurants, made walks and visits. He also bought clothes, jewellery and furniture. The cost of the journey was very high, being equivalent to the income of one or two medium-sized estates, but they were sustained without problems by the famous and very rich Roznovanu family.

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