Mociorniță Manor, Singureni
Conacul Mociorniță
sat Singureni; comuna Singureni, Giurgiu · Str. Palatului 929, pe DJ 411, spre Iepurești, pe malul râului Neajlov
land as stated in July 2020 auction coverage (an earlier January 2020 article said 8,500 m²)
Summary
A 1920s manor on the Neajlov river at Singureni, Giurgiu County, about 30 km from Bucharest, extended in the 1940s by the Italian ambassador Renato Bova Scoppa. It mixes cula features with Tuscan-style arcades and has been renovated by a private owner; it was offered at auction in 2020.
Legal status
Nationalised 1948; returned to the Mociorniță heirs after 2000; sold 2003 ↗
History
The manor was built in the 1920s and extended in the 1940s by Renato Bova Scoppa, Italy's ambassador to Romania in 1941-1945, who used it as a summer residence. In 1945 he sold it to Margareta Mociorniță, daughter of the interwar industrialist Dumitru Mociorniță. The communist state nationalised it in 1948 and it served as town hall, school and dispensary. It was returned to Margareta's heirs after 2000 and sold in 2003 to a businessman, who renovated it and ran the estate as an organic farm. The property was listed as a class B monument in 2004. In 2020 it was offered through an Artmark Historical Estate auction at a starting price of 600,000 EUR.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Sale | — | Sold by Renato Bova Scoppa to Margareta Mociorniță ↗ |
| 1948 | Nationalisation | — | Nationalised by the communist state ↗ |
| 2000 | Restitution | — | Returned to the heirs (year per January 2020 article; July 2020 article says 'after 2000') ↗ |
| 2003 | Sale | — | Heirs sold to a businessman ↗ |
| 2020-01 | Asking price | €750,000 | Seller hoped to obtain about 750,000 EUR (press report) ↗ |
| 2020-07 | Auction | €600,000 | Artmark Historical Estate auction, starting price; the outcome is not known ↗ |
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