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Kretzulescu Palace

Kretzulescu Palace
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Map
Interactive map of the Kretzulescu Palace area
Alternative names
Crețulescu
General information
Architectural style
second Empire style, Romanesque revival, Gothic Revival, Eclecticism
LocationBucharest, Romania, Știrbei Vodă Street nr. 39, Sector 1
Coordinates44°26′22.41″N 26°5′18.92″E / 44.4395583°N 26.0885889°E / 44.4395583; 26.0885889
Construction started
1902
Completed1904

Kretzulescu Palace (sometimes spelled Crețulescu) is a historic building near the Cișmigiu Gardens on Știrbei Vodă Street nr. 39, in Bucharest, Romania. It was built for the Kretzulescu family in 1902–1904 by Romanian architect Petre Antonescu (1873–1965).[1]

The palace was built for Elena Kretzulescu (1857–1930), the daughter of Constantin Kretzulescu (1798–1863) and Maria Filipescu (1835–1878). While she was away in Paris, Barbu Bellu lived for many years in this house.[1]

From 1972 to 2011, the Kretzulescu Palace housed the headquarters of UNESCO's European Centre for Higher Education UNESCO-CEPES (known as CEPES after its French name, Centre Europeén pour l'enseignement supérieur).

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References

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  1. 1 2 Kaliani, Mira. "De la o casă sobră și retrasă la palatul exuberant al Elenei Kretzulescu". editiadedimineata.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
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The Krețulescu Palace on a Romanian postage stamp from 2014