Caradja Manor, Grumăzești
Conacul Caradja din Grumăzești
sat Grumăzești; comuna Grumăzești, Neamț
Summary
A one-storey manor built in the 1890s by the entomologist Prince Aristide Caradja in Grumăzești (Neamț County), set in a small dendrological park. It was returned to his heirs in 2001 and, according to Romanian Wikipedia, has since decayed.
Legal status
Returned in 2001 to three heirs of Aristide Caradja, who disagree among themselves ↗
History
Aristide Caradja (1861-1955), a member of the Romanian Academy, built the house between 1890 and 1895 on family land and assembled a butterfly collection of over 110,000 specimens there. In 1944 he deposited the collection and library with the Antipa Museum in Bucharest. The house later served as a field hospital and was looted after 1949. Under communism it hosted the town hall, police, a maternity ward, library and post office. After 1990 the institutions left; in 2001 the estate was returned to three heirs who could not agree, and the building deteriorated.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Restitution | — | Estate returned to three heirs ↗ |
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