<div class="p1">A fantasia of styles, from villa to temple to castle, lines the main street of Buzescu, population 5,000. Men are often away on business; women, wealthy or not, stay to cook, clean, and raise the kids.<br> <br> <a>www.karlagachet.com</a><br> <a>www.ivankphoto.com</a></div>
A fantasia of styles, from villa to temple to castle, lines the main street of Buzescu, population 5,000. Men are often away on business; women, wealthy or not, stay to cook, clean, and raise the kids.

www.karlagachet.com
www.ivankphoto.com

Home of the Roma Kings

In a Romanian farm town, once itinerant traders have struck it rich, replacing caravans with mansions.

This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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