Cuza Palace, Ruginoasa
Palatul Alexandru Ioan Cuza de la Ruginoasa
sat Ruginoasa; comuna Ruginoasa, Iași
Wednesday-Sunday 10:00-17:00; adult ticket 16 RON (page may be outdated)
Summary
A neo-Gothic palace in Ruginoasa, Iași County, built for the Sturdza family and bought in 1862 by Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza as a summer residence. Ruined in the Second World War and rebuilt in 1967-1978 and again restored in the 2008-2012 programme, it is now the Cuza memorial museum.
Legal status
Listed monument LMI IS-II-a-B-04238; bought by Cuza in 1862, later donated to a Iași hospital, now a memorial museum ↗
History
The first, neoclassical palace was commissioned by Săndulache Sturdza from the Viennese architect Johann Freiwald and built in 1813-1814. Costache Sturdza had it rebuilt in neo-Gothic style by Johann Brandel in 1847-1855. Alexandru Ioan Cuza bought the mortgaged estate at auction in 1862, and his wife Elena furnished it from Paris; after his forced abdication in 1866 he leased it, and he was first buried here in 1873. The estate was later donated to the Caritatea hospital in Iași; the palace was a military hospital in the First World War and a railway tuberculosis hospital from 1936. Fighting in the Second World War left it almost entirely in ruins. It was rebuilt in 1967-1978 and the museum opened in 1982. A further restoration programme ran in 2008-2012.
Transactions & prices
Listed components
- Palatul Alexandru Ioan Cuza — 1862 (IS-II-m-B-04238.01)
- Biserica „Adormirea Maicii Domnului” — 1813 (IS-II-m-B-04238.02)
- Parc — 1813 (IS-II-m-B-04238.03)
- Zid de incintă — 1813 (IS-II-m-B-04238.04)
- Turnuri — 1813 (IS-II-m-B-04238.05)
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