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y this description, those information could notbe yet verified.Figure 2. Entrace from the main axis – sequence of 3statues on a quarter (Marcus R., 1958)sculptors: Mihai Eminescu, Al. Odobescu, TituMaiorescu, I.L. Caragiale, G. Cosbuc, St. O.Iosif, Ion Creanga, Al. Vlahuta, DuliuZamfirescu, M. Onofrei, C. Baraschi, Th.Burca, B.P. Hasdeu, N. Balcescu and V.Alecsandri are the work of Ion Jalea, MilitiaPatrascu, D. Barlad, Oscar Spaethe, IonaPopovici, Cornel Medrea, I.G. Jinga, OscarHan and Al. Calinescu.” (Raducan V.) The textrefers to 16 statues but enumerates only 15.However, out of those 15 statues, only 12 reallyexists, while the rest of the three statues (M.Onofrei, C. Baraschi and Th. Burca) are onlymentioned in documents but do not appear inany visual documents.RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONSIn situ observations and old document researchmade us get an idea of how the Rotunda musthave been designed. We started focusing oneach component of the Rotunda and wediscovered elements that seemed to be lost,planning sequences that were altered in timeand evidences that supported parts of the oldtext or image descriptions.Figure 3. Entrace from the main axis – entrances andcolumns – columns do not appear at the entrance fromthe main axis (Marcus R., 1958)One more interesting description helped us tomake an impression of what used to be TheWriter’s Rotunda: “But the most interestingintervention that Rebhun had in this part of thegarden was the so-called Romanian Round,designed in 1942-1943 over an old restaurant.A scientifically distribution of trees, shrubs andflowers make up, on a circular platform of over20 m length diameter, a spatial frameworkrhythm by the 16 th statues of the mostimportant Romanian writers and by conedshapedyews, placed along a circular stonebrick paved alley. Coned-shaped yews areplanted on the perimeter on the round as well.The space is separated from the garden througha series of niches made up by walls ofshrubs(lianas and forsythias), placed on metalgrills and with a circular row of regular prunedlinden tree in behind. The statues were made bysome of the most important Romanian365VegetationThe Writer’s Rotunda vegetal design is madeup by a handful of plants that are described inhistorical documents and also, partially appearin old images as well.Yew trees are the most common trees in therotunda, and they were placed in sequences,according to the symmetrical design thatcharacterizes the entire composition. Thosetrees are mostly in a advanced state ofdeterioration, having lost their original coneshapedform. According to the Florence Charta(Charte de Florence, 1981), we decided to keepthe original image of the Rotunda, this waybeing obliged to eliminate all the yews andplant new ones. The new yews have to be coneshapedand have approximately 2.5 m high and1.2 to 1.5 m in diameter. Those dimensionswere approximated after scaling severalhistorical images.