Cantacuzino Palace
Palatul Cantacuzino · Cantacuzino-palota
municipiul București, București · Calea Victoriei 141 sector 1
Museum closed since 2021; works paused as of March 2026
Summary
A Beaux-Arts palace on Calea Victoriei 141 in Bucharest, built for Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino and designed by Ion D. Berindey. It houses the George Enescu National Museum, closed since 2021 for restoration that is currently paused.
History
The palace was built for Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, mayor of Bucharest and former prime minister, to designs by Ion D. Berindey, between about 1898 and 1906 (the history section of English Wikipedia gives 1901-1902). Interiors were decorated by George Demetrescu Mirea, Nicolae Vermont and Costin Petrescu. The Treaty of Bucharest ending the Second Balkan War was signed here on 10 August 1913. Mihail G. Cantacuzino inherited it and died in 1929; his widow Maria married George Enescu in 1939 and her will required a museum for him, founded in 1956. The museum closed in 2021 for restoration, a 5.5 million EUR project run by the Ministry of Culture and financed with a Council of Europe Development Bank loan; works began in November 2021. In March 2026 the ministry said works were paused and could resume in the second quarter of 2026 if a contract offer under evaluation is accepted.
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