Marie was born in Kent in 1875. The Balchik institution dates the start of construction to 1924; the Romanian catalogue gives 1925. On the steep coast near Balchik, Queen Marie of Romania creates a seaside home. Today the house is known as the Quiet Nest. The house is built while Balchik is in Romania. After Marie’s death in 1938, it finds itself in Bulgaria. Construction ended in 1936. The gardens existed during Marie’s lifetime, before the university botanic garden was founded in 1955.
History of Bulgaria
