Anton Bibescu Manor, Corcova
Conacul Anton Bibescu
sat Corcova; comuna Corcova, Mehedinți · Sediul fostei Primării
Summary
A manor in the centre of Corcova, Mehedinți County, listed as a 19th-century historic monument and associated with Prince Anton Bibescu and his wine estate. It was reported to be in ruins in 2015.
Legal status
The Bibescu estate was confiscated by the communists in 1948 (according to Wikipedia, on the Corcova vineyard) ↗
History
Corcova was the Mehedinți estate of the Bibescu family, who held over 2,000 hectares in the area. According to Gazeta de Sud, Prince Anton Bibescu built the manor, and he and Martha Bibescu used it as a summer retreat; the family planted noble vineyards around 1920. According to Wikipedia, Bibescu also had wine cellars built there. Nicolae Titulescu was received there, and Mihail Sebastian wrote his play Steaua fără nume at the estate. Ion Minulescu and Ion Pillat also visited. According to Wikipedia, the estate declined after a fire in 1907, the communists confiscated it in 1948, and it gradually fell into ruin and was run as a state agricultural enterprise. In 2015 the manor was reported to be in ruins, though a plaque still identified it as a historic monument. The heritage list dates it to the 19th century and gives its address as the seat of the former town hall.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Nationalisation | — | Bibescu estate at Corcova confiscated by the communists (estate-wide, per Wikipedia) ↗ |
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