Victor Antonescu Manor, Alexandria
Conacul Victor Antonescu
municipiul Alexandria, Teleorman · Șos. București - Alexandria, în incinta S.C. INTERVITT S.R.L
Per daibau.ro, private property visitable only with the owners' permission; the chapel was reported closed to the public in 2011
Summary
A manor ensemble with a chapel and a gazebo on the edge of Alexandria (Teleorman County), dated to the early 20th century. It is linked to the Noica and Antonescu families: the philosopher Constantin Noica was born there in 1909, and the finance minister Victor Antonescu later owned it and built the Stella Maris chapel in the 1930s.
Legal status
Listed historic monument (chapel and gazebo as components); the chapel was bequeathed to the Romanian Academy in 1943 ↗
History
The ensemble is listed as the Victor Antonescu manor complex, with a chapel and a gazebo as listed components, and stands within the grounds of a company on the Bucharest-Alexandria road. According to an Adevărul article, it was built at the start of the 20th century and is where Constantin Noica was born in 1909. Another page says Victor Antonescu (1871-1947), an interwar minister of justice, finance and foreign affairs, bought the property around the 1930s from Grigore Noica, the philosopher's father. Antonescu began the Stella Maris family chapel, modelled on the one at Balchik, in 1936; it was bequeathed to the Romanian Academy in 1943 and looted in 1944, and its paintings were restored in 1994. A 2011 article reported that the chapel was closed to the public. Monumente Uitate lists the manor as having no current function.
Transactions & prices
Listed components
- Capelă — înc. sec. XX (TR-II-m-B-14238.01)
- Foișor — înc. sec. XX (TR-II-m-B-14238.02)
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