Photo | The demolition of the Church of Enei, with the tower dislocated on an April night, when “the darkness filled with dust”. Terrible images, surprised by Arch. Radu Stefanescu
Enei Church. Photo source: Archive of the Museum of Bucharest Municipality Via B365.ro
Few Bucharest people remember that, until the night of April 30, 1977, vis-à-vis the intercontinental hotel, there was a Brancovan monument of an incredible beauty: the church of Ienii (named by Bucharest and Enei, Ienii or Iena), with the dedication of Saint Nicholas.
It was erected in 1611. The medieval construction, thoroughly built of brick masonry, endowed with original eighteenth -century mural painting in the porch, with parts repeated by Gheorghe Tattarescu.
The earthquake of March 4, 1977 devastated Bucharest, but the Church of Enei remained standing, untouched by cataclysm.
The church has resisted for 466 years in front of all great dangers. Until the moment he met with the “great rudder”. “I think Ceausescu hates everything we, the others, admire,” says the architect Radu Stefanescu.
The Brancovan architecture monument was near the Bavaria block (Danube 1), which was dust and powder at the earthquake. After demolition, instead of the church was built the Danube 2 block with anost socialist architecture, which we see today.
Read, on B365.ro, the story of the Church of Enei in the heart of the capital – as 466 years of old history and art were sprayed in only three days.
