Dudescu Boyars' Court, Fundeni
Curtea boierilor Dudescu din Fundeni
sat Fundeni; comuna Fundeni, Călărași · Cartier Frunzănești
Church described in 2015 as an unexploited tourist site, painting restoration nearly complete
Summary
A boyar court ensemble in the Frunzănești quarter of Fundeni (Călărași County), made of the St Andrew church and the Dudescu house, finished in 1732. The church was restored from 2005, while the house stands in a former cooperative yard and is in private hands.
Legal status
Listed monument CL-II-a-A-14688; former cooperative yard, house now privately owned ↗
History
Radu III Dudescu probably began the church around 1714-1715, but work stopped when he was executed at Adrianople in 1716 after the fall of Ștefan Cantacuzino. The family moved to Transylvania and regained its estates after 1718 through Prince Nicolae Mavrocordat. Constantin Dudescu, a high divan official from 1730 to 1763, completed the second building stage in 1732, recorded by an inscription in the church porch. At the end of the 19th century the property passed to Nicolae Amira, who repaired the church in 1889. Later the house stood in the yard of an agricultural cooperative; after its liquidation it came to a private owner from Bucharest. A historic cellar next to the church courtyard is in ruins.
Listed components
- Biserica „Sf. Apostol Andrei” — 1732 (CL-II-m-A-14688.01)
- Casele boierilor Dudescu — sec. XVIII - XIX (CL-II-m-A-14688.02)
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