Alexandru Hristea Orăscu (30 July 1817 – 16 December 1894) was a Romanian architect famous for his Neoclassicist and

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-revival works. He was born in

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in 1817 to

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Hristea Orăscu and his wife, Elena Orăscu. He graduated from the Saint Sava High School in his native city. Upon recommendation from his mathematics teacher, Petrache Poenaru, Orăscu was hired in 1837 as aide to the chief architect of the city, a job he held until 1841. He then studied architecture in

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and

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, obtaining his architect diploma in 1847. He designed the initial building of the

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(1837–1869), the Grand Hôtel du Boulevard in Bucharest (1865–1871), the Metropolitan Cathedral in

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(1880–1887), the boys' gymnasium in

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(1865–1866), the Carol I Hotel in

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(1879), and the Domnița Bălașa Church in Bucharest (1881–1885). Orăscu was the president of the Romanian Architects’ Society, and served as rector of the University of Bucharest from 1885 to 1892. He died in Bucharest in 1894. Streets in Sector 5 of Bucharest, Cisnădie, and

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bear his name.

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Orăscu as mathematician
1817 births 1894 deaths Architects from Bucharest Saint Sava National College alumni 19th-century Romanian architects Rectors of the University of Bucharest Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Ministers of culture of Romania Ministers of education of Romania {{Romania-architect-stub