Manuc's Inn ( ro, Hanul lui Manuc, ) is the oldest operating hotel building in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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. It also houses a popular restaurant, several bars, a coffee-house, and (facing the street) several stores and an extensive bar. Its massive, multiply balconied courtyard hosted many performances and fairs and was a popular place for
Romanian Television
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crews to shoot folkloric performances. The hotel and restaurant were refurbished in 2007.
Hanul lui Manuc, un simbol al Capitalei, renovat in condiţii ilegale!
Pro TV
PRO TV (, often stylized as PRO•TV as of 2017) is a Romanian free-to-air television network, launched on 1 December 1995 as the fourth private TV channel in the country (after TV SOTI, Antena 1, and the now-defunct Tele7ABC). It is owned by CME ...
, 2009-10. Accessed online 2010-02-12.
Location
The building is located at 62–64 strada Franceză (the street has been variously known in the past as Iuliu Maniu, 30 Decembrie, and Carol),[Hanul lui Manuc, restituit definitiv prințului Șerban Cantacuzino]
, stiri.acasa.ro, 2007-02-27. Accessed online 2010-02-12. across the street from the ruins of the Old Court (Curtea Veche). Although one side now faces a vast modern public square, Piața Unirii
Piața Unirii (; ''Unification Square'' or ''Union Square'' in English) is one of the largest squares in central Bucharest, Romania, located in the center of the city where Sectors 1, 2, 3, and 4 meet. Part of the Civic Centre, it is bisected by U ...
, there is no evidence of this in the courtyard or the inward-facing rooms.
History
The inn was built in 1808 as a khan
Khan may refer to:
*Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan
*Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
, and originally owned by a wealthy and flamboyant Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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entrepreneur, Emanuel Mârzaian, better known under his Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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name Manuc Bei
Manuc Bey (the common Romanian rendering of ''Manuk Bey'', the Armenian name of Emanuel Mârzayan; 1769–1817) was an Armenian merchant, diplomat and inn-keeper.
Life
He was born in Rousse (modern Ruse, Bulgaria) as a subject of the Ottoman ...
. By the middle of the 19th century, it was Bucharest's most important commercial complex, with 15 wholesalers, 23 retail stores, 107 rooms for offices or living, two receiving rooms, and a pub.
Although Manuc's Inn has been subject to repeated restorations — in 1848, 1863, 1966–1970, and 1991–1992, as well as the latest one in 2007 — its essential structure remained intact; of the three surviving 19th century inns in the Lipscani
Lipscani is a street and a district of Bucharest, Romania, which from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century was the most important commercial area of the city and Wallachia. It is located near the ruins of the old Princely Court built by Vla ...
district, it is the only one currently in use as a hotel.
The inn was the site of the preliminary talks for the Treaty of Bucharest, which put an end to the 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish war. In 1842 it briefly housed Bucharest's town hall.[Manuc's Inn](_blank)
, rotravel.com. Accessed online 2010-02-12. Around 1880 a hall at the inn was used as a theatre, and was the site of the first Romanian operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
performance.
Before Romania entered World War I
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, in 1914–1916, the hall "Sala Dacia" hosted meetings of the Romanian pro-war party seeking to establish a Greater Romania
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As a concept, its main goal is the creation ...
by uniting with Transylvania
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and Bukovina
Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...
; speakers included Nicolae Filipescu, Take Ionescu
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, Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea ; pen name of Barbu Ștefan; April 11, 1858 in Bucharest – April 29, 1918 in IaÈ™i) was a Romanian writer and poet, considered one of the greatest figures in the National awakening of Romania.
Early life and ...
, and Octavian Goga
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Life and politics
Goga was born in Rășinari, near Sibiu.
Goga was an active member in the Romanian nationalisti ...
.
The building was nationalized 19 February 1949. Ownership was restored to Prince Șerban-Constantin Cantacuzino in February 2007.[
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Gallery
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File:Hanul lui Manuc (interior).jpg
File:Bucuresti, Romania, Hanul lui Manuc (16); sector 3.JPG
File:Bucuresti, Romania, Hanul lui Manuc (3); sector 3.JPG
File:Hanul lui manuc, int. 07.JPG
See also
* Hanul cu Tei
Hanul cu Tei ("The Linden tree Inn") is one of the few still standing old inns in central Bucharest, Romania.
It was built in 1833 by Anastasie Hagi Gheorghe Polizu and Åžtefan Popovici, on the trading street of Lipscani. It was also called the ' ...
* Casa Capșa
Casa Capșa is a historic restaurant in Bucharest, Romania, first established in 1852. At various times it has also included a hotel; most recently, it reopened as a 61-room hotel 17 June 2003.
"…long a symbol of Bucharest for its inhabitantsâ ...
* Treaty of Bucharest
References
External links
Hanul lui Manuc
Official site for the restaurant Manuc's Inn
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Hanul lui Manuc
official site of the former hotel operation. Archived 2007-01-16 on the Internet Archive
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.
The courtyard on a winter day
Inns in Bucharest
Restaurants in Romania
Historic monuments in Bucharest
Buildings and structures of the Ottoman Empire
1808 establishments in Romania
Hotel buildings completed in 1808
Caravanserais
Lipscani