Palace-of-Culture mosaic, Gura Galbenei

Two mosaic panels on the facade of the Palace of Culture in Gura Galbenei, a commune seat in the Cimișlia district, on the Cogâlnic river between Bozieni (to the north) and Hârtop (to the south). The building is a single-storey Soviet house of culture in pale-yellow masonry, with a central columned portico flanked by two wings that carry the mosaics. The right-hand risalit panel shows elongated figures of dancers and young people on a prismatic field shattered into geometric shards of blue, yellow, red and violet — a dynamic, almost crystalline composition. The left end-wall panel is warmer, dominated by red and yellow, with a sequence of labour and folk scenes. Unlike the village's bus shelter (the only Gura Galbenei work entered in the Buretz „Mosaics of Moldova” inventory), these panels remain un-inventoried; their artist and year are undocumented. The work survives in situ and was photographed in September 2025.

Track

Southern Moldova

Neighborhood

Gura Galbenei, r. Cimișlia

Building

Palatul de Cultură, Gura Galbenei, r. Cimișlia

Photos: Natalia.dubita (CC BY 4.0)