Old St. Eleftherios Church
The Old St. Eleftherios Church (
The church was built in 1741–1744 on land belonging to the
Restoration work began in 1929; Ștefan Balș-Lupu was in charge of architecture, while Paul Popescu Molda supervised the frescoes. The project finished in 1935, having consolidated the walls, redone the roof, restored the old cornice, opened the portico and brought back to light the exterior paintings. Around the same time, the surrounding street was straightened out and the church left on an island in the middle. The year 1935 saw the beginning of the New St. Eleftherios Church on land belonging to the old. The church was consolidated following the earthquakes of 1940 and 1977 (when the dome was rebuilt). Painting and structural repairs were carried out in 1982–1984.[1]
The church is 19 meters long and 6.4 meters wide. It is cross-shaped, with a porch and enlarged
The church is listed as a
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Side view
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Entrance
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Portico ceiling
Notes
- ^ a b c d Stoica and Ionescu-Ghinea, pp. 415-16
- ^ (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Municipiul București Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Lucia Stoica and Neculai Ionescu-Ghinea, Enciclopedia lăcașurilor de cult din București, vol. I. Bucharest: Editura Universalia, 2005, ISBN 973-7722-12-4