Bondoc old commercial building
The storeyed building with open balcony on wooden pillars with fretted panels is specific for Prahova Valley. It is the most impressive witness of the old commercial center of Breaza village. It belonged to an old merchant family, which lived upstairs and had a store...
General Ion Manolescu Building
Breaza’s emblematic figure is General Ion Manolescu (1869-1946), the son of a peasant turned into a symbol of the inter-war generation, a man this town can boast anywhere in the world. Soul of the moral rebirth of the village and founder of the National House concept (cultural center later), GLIM was really a man of sustainable facts animated by noble ideas. He’s not just Breaza’s hero, but whole nation’s, through the material and spiritual heritage he left behind. Among the places linked to the General’s memory, Breaza still preseves his storied building where he opened, in 1920, the Housewife’s...
Bibescu-Brâncoveanu Manor House
With origins still wrapped up in mystery, the princely mansion in Breaza was built up as a summer residence, probably by the prince Gheorghe Bibescu (1843-1848) on the property of his wife Zoe Brâncoveanu. Under its roof, many leading personalities of Romanian/European culture found shelter and tranquility: Grigore Alexandrescu, Ion Ghica, Martha Bibescu and Anne de Noailles. Bibescu-Brâncoveanu family owned it, lived here and modified it throughout a century, up to the nationalization, whereupon it was a hotel for a while. Today, the mansion can be admired only from the...
“Honor the memory of ancestors” Triptychs
Monuments maybe unique in the country by their conception, the three stone triptychs which have the motto ”Honour the memory of ancestors” are a specific form of unforgiveness. They evoke the great local personalities, who lifted spiritually and materially the three germs of the settlement: Breaza de Sus, Capu Câmpului and Breaza de Jos. The bronze bas-reliefs from the 30s belong to Gheorghe Tudor, a local artist which was overcalled ”the most national Romanian sculptor”. You can find the monuments in the following places: near St. George former church (Breaza de Jos) – visible from Libertăţii str. at the crossroad of Gării and Plevnei streets (Breaza de Sus) in the front of Capu Câmpului church, near the main road (Republicii str, no...Pret carburant
