Știrbei Palace, Brașov
Palatul Știrbei · Știrbei-palota (Brassó)
municipiul Brașov, Brașov · Str. Crișan 5
dendrological park around the palace
stated for the palace
Private property closed to the public; reopening only proposed in the draft urban plan (2024)
Summary
A neo-Byzantine palace in Brașov, built in the early 1920s for Prince Barbu Știrbey and set in a large dendrological park. Nationalised and used as the Pioneers' Palace, it was restituted in 2005 and is now privately owned by a Brașov businessman's company and closed to the public.
Legal status
Nationalised 1948; restituted to the Știrbey heirs and sold in 2005; Brașov County Council contested the sale (2008, per Ziare.com); resold early 2019 ↗
History
Prince Barbu Știrbey bought the site in 1919 and had the existing gardens and houses demolished; the palace was built in the early 1920s to designs attributed to Mario Stoppa (dates given as 1920-1925, 1922 or 1927 depending on the source). Between the wars it hosted balls and the royal family, and after Știrbey's exile in 1930 it passed to King Carol II as a summer residence. It was nationalised in 1948 and became the Pioneers' Palace, and the grounds became a dendrological park used by the forestry faculty. It was restituted to the Știrbey heirs and sold in 2005, reportedly for 600,000 euros, to a company of a Brașov businessman; according to Ziare.com the county council later contested the sale, saying it had not been offered pre-emption. Part of the park was cleared for a helipad. In 2018-2019 the property was sold again, to Comprest for 19 million lei according to local press, and in 2024 urban planners proposed reopening it to the public.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Restitution | — | Returned to the Știrbey heirs ↗ |
| 2005 | Sale | €600,000 | Sold by the heirs to a Brașov businessman's company; price per Ziare.com 2008, county council disputed the sale ↗ |
| 2013-11 | Asking price | 50,000,000 lei | According to Adevărul, the owner offered it for 50 million lei after the county council declined pre-emption ↗ |
| 2019 | Sale | 19,000,000 lei | Bought by Comprest (the same businessman's family); price as reported ↗ |
Listed components
- Palatul Știrbei — înc. sec. XX (BV-II-m-A-11389.01)
- Parc dendrologic — înc. sec. XX (BV-II-m-A-11389.02)
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