Văcărești Court (Văcărescu manor complex)

Summary

A listed manorial complex in Văcărești, Dâmbovița County, dated by the heritage list to the 16th-19th centuries. It groups several elements: a cellar of the old house, the ruins of Ianache Văcărescu's house, the ruined Saint Nicholas church, the manor of Ioan and Elena Văcărescu, a chapel, a park and the ruined enclosure wall with gate building.

History

The heritage list dates the complex to the 16th-19th centuries and names Ianache Văcărescu, Ioan Văcărescu and Elena Văcărescu in its components, which associates the complex with the Văcărescu boyar family. Several parts (the old house, the church in the meadow and the enclosure wall with gate) are listed as ruins. The poet and public figure Elena Văcărescu spent her childhood and adolescence at the family seat in Văcărești near Târgoviște.

Listed components

• Beci casa veche — sf. sec. XVI (DB-II-m-A-17738.01)
• Ruine Casa Ianache Văcărescu — 1698 (DB-II-m-A-17738.02)
• Ruine biserica „Sf. Nicolae” - din Pajiște — 1698-1699 (DB-II-m-A-17738.03)
• Conacul Ioan Văcărescu, Elena Văcărescu — 1868, ruinat 1948 (DB-II-m-A-17738.04)
• Capelă — 1868 (DB-II-m-A-17738.05)
• Parc — sec. XVI - XIX (DB-II-m-A-17738.06)
• Ruine zid de incintă și corp de poartă — sf. sec. XVI - sec. XVII (DB-II-m-A-17738.07)

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