Английская Википедия:House of the Free Press
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The House of the Free Press (Шаблон:Lang-ro) is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the tallest in the city between 1956 and 2007.[1]
History
A horse race track was built in 1905 on the future site of the House of the Free Press. A third of the track was removed in 1950 to make way for a wing of the building, and the race track was finally closed and demolished in 1960, after a decision by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[2]
Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. The building was named Combinatul Poligrafic Casa Scînteii "I.V.Stalin" and later Casa Scînteii (Scînteia was the name of the Romanian Communist Party's official newspaper). It was designed by the architect Шаблон:Ill, in the Stalinist style of Socialist realism, resembling the main building of the Moscow State University, and was intended to house all of Bucharest's printing presses, the newsrooms and their staff.
It has a foundation with an area of Шаблон:Convert, the total constructed surface is Шаблон:Convert and it has a volume of Шаблон:Convert. Its height is Шаблон:Convert without the television antenna, which measures an additional Шаблон:Convert,[3] bringing the total height to Шаблон:Convert.
Between 1952 and 1966, Casa Scînteii was featured on the reverse of the 100 lei banknote.
On 21 April 1960, a statue of Vladimir Lenin, made by Romanian sculptor Boris Caragea, was placed in front of the building. However, this statue was removed on 3 March 1990, following the Romanian Revolution of 1989.[4] On 30 May 2016, the Monument of the Anti-Communist Fight ("Wings") was inaugurated in the same place.
Renamed Шаблон:Lang ("House of the Free Press"), the building has basically the same role nowadays, with many of today's newspapers having their headquarters in it. The Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori București, BVB) was located in the Southern wing at one point.
As of 2023, the House of the Free Press is the only building in Bucharest that has kept the hammer and sickle communist symbol, which appears on reliefs on its façade.[5]
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Casa Scînteii on the reverse of a 100-lei banknote, 1952
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Gathering of Romanian young pioneers at Lenin's statue in front of the Casa Scînteii in 1977
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The House of the Free Press and the "Wings" Monument
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General view from the Free Press Square
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View of building some time after 1990
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Five-pointed star on the façade
See also
- Socialist realism in Romania
- Seven Sisters (Moscow)
- Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
- Latvian Academy of Sciences
References
External links
Шаблон:Tall buildings in Bucharest Шаблон:Tall buildings in Romania
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Povestea unei lumi dispărute: cursele de cai din România" Шаблон:Webarchive, Evenimentul Zilei, October 21, 2008
- ↑ Dicționarul Enciclopedic Romîn, 1962
- ↑ "Epilog la o statuie", România Liberă, 4 March 1990.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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