Liviu Rebreanu Memorial House
Casa memorială Liviu Rebreanu
Valea Mare - Podgoria, Argeș · Strada Liviu Rebreanu
Summary
A house in Valea Mare-Podgoria (Ștefănești, Argeș County) where the novelist Liviu Rebreanu lived from 1930 until his death in 1944. It operated as a memorial house from 1969; the collections later moved to the Argeș County Museum in Pitești.
Legal status
Listed historic monument (code AG-IV-m-B-14018 according to the cIMeC museum database); returned to its former owners after 1989 ↗
History
Liviu Rebreanu bought a house and vineyard at Valea Mare, near Pitești, in 1930. He died there on 1 September 1944 and was later reinterred at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest. The Liviu Rebreanu Memorial House opened in 1969. After 1989 the former owners reclaimed the property, and the objects, photographs and documents were transferred to the Argeș County Museum. According to the cIMeC museum database, the house stands at Strada Gheorman no. 21, a bronze statue of the writer stands in front of it, and the new owner is leaving it in disrepair.
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