Golescu–Grant Manor (Belvedere Palace)
Conacul Golescu-Grant (Palatul Belvedere, Casa cu Turn)
municipiul București, București · Str. Țibleș 64 sector 6
Children's services site
Summary
An early-19th-century boyar residence at Aleea Țibleș 64 in Bucharest's Sector 6, once Dinicu Golescu's house with a tower and later the Grant family's Belvedere estate. Restored and reopened in 2012 as a children's recreation and development centre run by the Sector 6 child-protection authority; in 2026 it also received a day centre for children at risk.
History
Romanian Wikipedia dates the house to 1814, built by the boyar-writer Dinicu Golescu on his estate on the Dâmbovița, while another source speaks of c. 1784. In 1827 the property passed as dowry to his daughter Ana, wife of Alexandru Racoviță, and in 1830 a boarding school for boyars' daughters was planned there (with Heliade Rădulescu). In 1850 Ana's daughter Zoe Racoviță brought the Golescu estate, the Belvedere gardens and the manor to her husband, the Englishman Effingham Grant, giving the Grant district its name. The building survived as the 'Casa cu Turn'. It was renovated and reopened on 1 June 2012 as the Centre for Recreation and Personal Development 'Golescu-Grant Mansion', a unit of DGASPC Sector 6. In April 2026 Save the Children and DGASPC Sector 6 inaugurated the 'Belvedere' day centre for children at risk of separation from their families in the building.
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