Crissoveloni Manor
Conacul Crissoveloni
sat Ghidigeni; comuna Ghidigeni, Galați · Lângă primărie
Summary
A late-19th-century manor ensemble in Ghidigeni, Galați County, next to the town hall, built by the Greek-origin Chrissoveloni banking family and known in its day for society gatherings, including visits by King Ferdinand and Queen Maria. Returned to the family's heirs in 2004, it is a ruin, and a restoration project entered its design phase in 2023.
Legal status
Listed historic monument; nationalised in 1948, returned to the family's heirs in 2004 ↗
History
Nicolae (Nicolas) Chrissoveloni bought the Ghidigeni estate from Dimitrie Mavrocordat in 1879 and built the manor with its annexes on it, together with a church and a school; SoNoRo Conac and Adevărul give 1887 for the manor, while another Adevărul article says 1878. It was built in the French academic style with Romantic influences, set in a large park with a bowling alley and a covered tennis court. During the First World War its annexes housed a hospital for wounded soldiers, which Queen Maria and Sybille Chrissoveloni set up. A fire in the 1930s damaged the building. It was nationalised in 1948 and used as a state farm and later as a school for children with special needs. The heirs regained it in 2004; in April 2023 a consolidation, restoration and re-use project began, co-financed by the Monument Stamp programme.
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Listed components
- Conacul Crissoveloni — sf. sec. XIX (GL-II-m-B-03082.01)
- Construcții anexe — sf. sec. XIX (GL-II-m-B-03082.02)
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