Less
known today, the building picturesquely called "Þepeº Castle" was
built in 1906 with the occasion of the organisation of the General Romanian
Exhibition, on the "Campia Libertatii" (Liberty Field), at the
celebration of Carol the 1st 40 years of reign.
Yet, the building was meant to be a water tower. As the shape of the reservoirs
wasn’t quite aesthetic, the solution was to create a building that unifies
artistic and style qualities requested by the organisers. Accordingly, built
after architects Petculescu and Schindl’s plans, the building replicated,
in small size, the Poenari Fortress, raised by the ruler of Valachia (Tara
Romaneasca) in the place named Cheia Argesului, from Lovistea, in Arges County.
Inside
the tower of the castle, which is 23 m tall and 9 m in diameter, there is
an iron cast reservoir of 200 cubic meters. Using a winding wooden staircase
one can reach up to the platform whence he can admire the park and the panorama
of Bucharest. A strong counterfort, ended in a wooden verandah, sustains
the tower. To the right, there is a serrated stone wall, ended in the corner
with another smaller tower.
Since the end of World War I, the castle was turned into a lodge for the
Guard Corps guarding the nearby Unknown
Soldier’s Tomb, placed in front of
the National Military Museum. After the tomb was moved to Marasesti, and
the mausoleum of the communist heroes was inaugurated, on the 30th of December
1963, in the close vicinity of the castle, the building in Candiano Popescu
Street continued to be used by the military guards.
After 1990, the building was used as Guard Corps for a gendarme unit, designed
to guard certain banking institutions in the Capital City.
Since the 30th of December 2004, according to the Government Ordinance no.
1585, Vlad Tepes Castle (6 Gen. Candiano Popescu Street, 4th district),
has become the headquarters of the National Office for the Heroes Memory.
August 15
- The Romanian entrance in the WW I , The Reunifying War (1916)
- The Antiaireian and Artilery Day
- Romanian Naval Forces Day
HISTORICAL EVENTS
August 01
- The Tankist Day
- The American Raid, with 178 bombers of the petrolium zone in Ploiesti * 1943(,
losts: 120 deaths and 335 romanian hurts
- Was founded The National Basement Mary Queen „ for the Heroes Cult
August 04
- The Romanian troops are entering in Budapest, hurrying the end of the Bolsevic
revolution in Hungary (1919 )
August 05
- in the last day of the battles on the Muncelu tableland (1917), is dieing
Ecaterina Teodororiu, the Jiu heroine
- is beginning the Battle of the Romanian cavalryin Kuban region ( 1942) where
had been conquested the ports Tiesk and Krasnoarmeiskaia ( 9 august), Primorssko-
Ahtarskaia and Slavianska ( 11 august), Temriuk ( 24 August) and Anapa ( 31
august).
August 06
- Is finishing the Marasesti Battler ( 1917) in which the Romanian Army had
lost 27.410 militaries
August 07
- After the Paris’ Conference in the matter of the Danubian Romanian
Principates organization is establishing that in the future the two countries
will be named The Moldavian and Romanian Country Principates (1858)
August 08
- Was founded The Superior War School ( the actual Defence University) the
first institution of superior teaching in The Romanian Armay history.
August 10
- The Romanian Army had received the fire baptize in front of the Plevna
region (1877)
August 15
- The Romanian entrance in the WW I , The Reunifying War (1916)
- The antiaireian and artilery day
- Romanian Naval Forces Day
August 16
- The martyrs Brancoveni Constatin Voda with his four sons Saints: Constantin,
Stefan, Radu, Matei and the Ianache advicer (1714)
- the Romanian troops are liberating Brasov (1916)
August 17
- The Romanian troops are liberating Petrosani (1916)
- The North Romanian Army are liberating Targu Secuiesc (1916)
August 19
- Takes place the Turtucaia battle won by the Turkish-german-bulgarian; the
Romanians troops are loosing 6.000 deaths and 25.000 prizoners (August 19-26,
1916)
- Is beginning the Russian offensive in Romania north east ( 1944) between
19 and 24 august, the Romanians troops are registering 8.305 deaths, 24.989
hurts and 153.883 missings fron the total of 431.800 servicemen engaged on
the battle field by the 3 and 4 army.
August 21
- The Military Medicine Day
August 23
- The Romanians troops by the Cerna group commanded by the Ion Dragalina general,
is liberating Orsiva ( 1916).
- Romania is unilateraly stopping the militaries operations against Union Nations
(1944). The registered loosings on the east battle field between 22 june 1941
and 23 august 1944 had been near 624.740 militaries, which 71.585 deaths, 243.622
hurts, 309.533 missings.
August 25
- The Romanian troops are liberating the Ditrau and Gherogheni regions (1916)
August 26
- The Miercurea Ciuc region is liberated by the North Army troops.
August 27
- Has place the Selimbar battle, near Sibiu, won by the Romanian first army
( 1916)
- Is dieying the marschall Constantin Prezan( 1943)
August 30
- The Romanian/Russian troops are participating at the the third Plevna battle
under the Carol the First the romanian commander; the romanians are conquesting
the Grivita nr.1
August 31
- Romania had ratified the Laussanne Conference in matter of the Bosfor and
Dardanele narrows regime and the peace treat with Turkey (1924)
