PHOTO One of Bucharest’s famous inns, today in major danger of collapse, is being preserved

The Mayor of the Capital, Nicușor Dan, announced that the municipality is starting the safety works at Hanul Solacolu, an emblematic building for Bucharest, which will last until the end of this year. The mayor showed that he strictly respected the urban planning regulations of the historical areas, because the previous administrations destroyed a market, he stated that in the entire historical area of ​​Bucharest there are 18,000 buildings and the Capital City Hall cannot intervene on such a large amount of buildings.

“We are starting the safety work at Hanul Solacolu, it is an emblematic building for Bucharest, built in 1859, one of the oldest civil buildings of Bucharest, a historical monument, unfortunately left to decay for years. It’s about putting it in safety, that is, we will support the facades, we will support the heels to the old properties, the interior elements, there are vaults on the first floor, on the ground floor, in the basement. The end of this operation will be that this building will be supported on all sides and will be secure. This operation will end at the end of this year,” said the capital’s mayor.

“It will probably take another two, three years until this building will be brought back into operation,” he added.

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In June 2023, the General Council of the Capital adopted a decision to secure, preserve and protect the historical monument Hanul Solacolu.

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The total value of the project is 8.2 million lei, and the duration of execution is estimated at 16 months.

The Solacolu Inn is on the List of Historical Monuments of the Municipality of Bucharest. The building is in an advanced state of decay, presents a major danger of collapse and is in seismic risk class I, according to the report approving the decision. In order to preserve this national cultural heritage, it is necessary to urgently carry out safety and protection works, it is mentioned in the document

The Solacolu Inn also served as a pasta factory in Bucharest. It is located along Căia Moșilor, a commercial street that was used to connect the Târgul Dinlǎuntru of Bucharest and the largest square in the city (Obor square, still in use).

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It was built in 1859 by the Solacoglu brothers, merchants from Svistov, Bulgaria, who settled in Wallachia. Liuben Karavelov, leader of the Bulgarian revolutionary emigration, lived in this inn on the eve of the Russian-Romanian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, in which Bulgarian volunteers also participated. This is mentioned on a commemorative plaque placed here by the Bulgarian embassy.