Historic building · 1857–1869

University Palace

The University Palace was built between 1857 and 1869 to plans by the architect Alexandru Orăscu, on the site of the old college of the Saint Sava Monastery. At first, besides the faculties, it housed the Romanian Academy, the Museum of Antiquities, the Central Library and the School of Fine Arts. The side wings were added between 1912 and 1926 by Nicolae Ghica-Budești. The pediment relief, showing Minerva crowning the arts and sciences, was destroyed in the American bombing of 4 April 1944 and was never restored; the four muses on the façade are the work of Emil Wilhelm Becker (1929).

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Text source: ro.wikipedia.org · summary based on the source

Old photographs

Bomben auf Bukarest, zerstörte Universität, Gesamtansicht
1944 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Bomben auf Bukarest, zerstörte Universität, ausgebrannte Empfangshalle
1944 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Bomben auf Bukarest, zerstörte Universität, griechische Giebel
1944 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Bomben auf Bukarest, zerstörte Universität, heruntergestürzte Säulen
1944 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Universität – University Palace, Bucharest
1971 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta (Bulevardul Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej), a Bukaresti Egyetem (Universitatea Bucuresti)
1986 · FORTEPAN / Urbán Tamás · CC BY-SA 3.0

On the old maps

The place appears on 45 maps and images, from 1790 to today:

Nearby

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St. Sava Monastery (lost) · 60 m
Suțu Palace · 100 m
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Statue of Spiru Haret · 120 m
Enei Church · 140 m