At the beginning of the 20th century in Bucharest, Mitsa Bichiklista was still terrible, “semi-secular”, which Mosh Neagu Juvara is not ashamed to bluntly, vulgarly call in his memoirs “a high class whore”.

House of Maria Mihaescu (Cyclist’s Bribe)Photo: Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea

She was the most discussed woman of the interwar period, the hot topic of scandalous newspapers, the reason for boring, clumsy, Dambovit jokes. With all her half-worldliness, Mitsa Biciclista, that is, Maria Mihescu by her real name, left one of the most beautiful palaces in Bucharest.

She was actually the most modern woman of interwar Bucharest. A brave girl, full of bold ideas and views, was far ahead of the time in which she lived. Mitsa, a femme fatale of humble origin, who embodied absolute sophistication in Little Paris.

Read on B365.ro about the fantastic and eccentric Mitsa Bichiklista and her “candy” palace.