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The Bucharest City Museum

The Sutzu Palace



The Sutzu Palace



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Ones of the most oldest photos of the palacewere made by the painter and the

photograph, Carol Pop de Szathmary. The

Sutzu building was immortalized from ColteaTower, built in front of the palace and

destroyed in 1888.



The Coltea Tower in 1880



• The Sutzu palace was built between 1833-1835 by two austrian

architects Johann Veit and Conrand Schwink. The owners wereGrigore and Irina Sutzu. This family (greek origin) was one of themost important familys from the high society in the 19th century.They came in the romanian provinces during the second haft of the18th century. Members of the family ruled in Moldavia and inValahia. The garden was fabulous, large with exotic birds andfountains. Karl Stork decorated the interior by dividing in threearches, by creating the monumental steers and the frame of theVenetian mirror with the portrait of Irina Sutzu above. The vaultdecorations presents elements of neoclasical inspiration. Themirros reflects the real image of the clock. The watch was made inParis especial for the Sutzu Palace. After Constantin Sutzu thepalace passed on to various owners. It became the headquarter of the Chrissoveloni Bank, Cec and Bucharest Municipiality’s City Hall.



Irina and Grigore Sutzu



The interior of the palace-details



• Since 1959 the Museum of Bucharest has been

housed by the Sutzu Palace. The permanentexibition comprises various categories of objects(paintings, weapons, costums, maps, ceramics,coins, fotographs, drawings and so one) from all

the historical epocs of Bucharest. The exhibitionbegins with the archaeological descoveries datingfrom the mid paleolitic up to the first centuryafter Ch. During the Sutzu times it was calleed

„Red Room”. One of the most importantdescoveries is the godness from Vidra, neoliticceramics.



The permanent exebition - details

from the Red Room

Goddess from Vidra



• In the room dedicated to the Middle Eges you

can see the oldest document preserved, attestingthe name of Bucharest (dating from the 20th of september 1459) from the time of Vlad Ţepeş(the Impelar). Next to it a copie of Vlad’s Ţepeş

portrait from the Ambras castel and anotherdocument issued (emis) by Radu the Handsome,attesting the fapt that Bucharest was the capitalof Valahia. The sultan or the Otoman Port wasappoing the rulers of Moldavia and Valahia fromgreek diplomats of the Pfanar district inConstantinople.



Vlad Impalerthe oldest document preserved,attesting the name of Bucharest



The Middle Eges room

• The origin of the name of Bucharest is rendered by thelegend of the Bucur sheperd on whose land Bucharestwas formed. Others say that the town name camesfrom the word bucurie, meening joy. You can also seethe first Bible printed in Bucharest in 1688 with chirilicletters, but ussing the romanian language (for the firsttime). In the same room you can see the original swardof the ruler Constantin Brâncoveanu. The Orientalpatterns is present in household objects and differentluxury costumes. In this period it was developed an

important commercial nucleus formed around thecourt of the ruler.



The legend of the Bucur sheperd, the first Bible

printed in Bucharest in 1688 with chirilic letters

and diffrent kind of arms the original sward of the ruler ConstantinBrâncoveanu



The Oriental patterns is present in household objects and different luxury costumes.



• This special room re-makes the atmosfere of a

19th century interior. With various pieces of furniture coming from Paris, Austria

(Bidermeiri) and oil paintings: portraits of

Alexandru Sutzu, Irina Sutzu and people from

the high society. After 1830 the Occidental

influence predominated replacing the Oriental

fashion. Typical for the 19th century was the

smool size furniture.



The atmosfere of a 19th century interior



Modern epoch begans for Romanian people with 1821 revolution led by Tudor

Vladimirescu (emancipation from under the Ottoman domination), gaining theindependence in 1877 and Union of Principalities in 1959 setting up for the

monarchy. In this century Bucharest it was called „Little Paris”, because of the

western aspect of the town. Many important public and private buidings were

constructed by the foreign arhitects and the modernization of the state

institutions. We have a image with the great fire by Moustakoff when 1800houses burned. Next to it we have Manuc’s inn where the merchants were selling

their goods. They sained peace treatise (tratatul) when we lost the basarabian

teritory in 1812. Also we have few royal ceremial objects. The first type of

pavement of todays Calea Victoriei was made of wooden grinders. Afterwards

(later on) it was paved with cubic stones (1864).



Bucharest -Little Paris



Further on we have maps and documents that attest the problems

created by the Dambovita river. Drinkable water was a very big

problem for the population. At the beging of the 20th century thedrinkable water was brought from the Bragadiru village by pipes. The

building of the sewerige sistem was promoted by the mayor Pache

Protopopescu. The town illumination was an important concern for

the citizens and it evolved from street lamps with candels to petrol

lamps (Bucharest was the first town in the world iluminated withpetrolium in 1857), gas and finally electricity in 1882. Royal Palace,

the National Theatre and the Cismigiu Public Garden were the first

iluminated with electricity.



Dambovita River



National Theatre



Cismigiu Public Garden 1856



First hospital in Bucharest was Coltea founded in the first

decade of the 18th century, the next hospital founded was

Pantelimon during the first half of 18th century and you can see

the foundation document written on parchement (pergament)in greek language. At the end we have a reconstructed office of

a mayor from 20th century. All objects are original. The

ceremonial costume belonged to one of the mayors. You can

see of humoristics portraits of some mayers of the town. Here

is a map of Bucharest showing districts after colors. The centralarea was red. The comun transport was represented by the

hourse driven tramway inaugurated in 1872. It was electified in

1894.



Coltea Hospital in front of the Sutzu Palace



The Mayer Office, begining of the 20 the century

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