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 Workshop-School.