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The prison began as Fort 13, part of the fortifications of Bucharest built in the 1870s and 1880s. It served as an arms deposit and garrison until 1907, when people arrested during the peasants' revolt were brought there. It then served as a military prison until 1948.
Carol Benesch (January 9, 1822, Jägerndorf, Austro-Hungarian Empire, today Krnov, Czech Republic – October 30, 1896, Bucharest, Romania) was a Silesian architect of Historicism and Eclecticism orientation established in the Kingdom of Romania. He was the father of Oscar Benes (1866-1925), chief architect of Bârlad. [citation needed]
The Văcărești Monastery also known as the Prison of Văcărești was a religious architectural ensemble formerly located in București, Romania.It was built by Romanian Phanariot ruler Nicholas Mavrocordatos between 1716 and 1736 in the Brâncovenesc style and demolished between December 11, 1986, and early 1987 by the order of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Văcărești Prison was a prison located in Bucharest, Romania. Detainees at Văcărești Prison in the 1930s. The prison, situated in the southern part of the city, was established in 1865 within the former Văcărești Monastery , where defendants found guilty of press offenses had been held since 1861. It was a place of triage, detaining ...
The prison was created from a converted fort built by Carol I of Romania. Adrian Nastase, former Prime Minister of Romania, was held in Jilava prison for 8 months of a 2-year sentence. [2] Pitești Prison: about 1942–1952 Pitești: Political prison: scene of abusive re-education practices 1949–51 Râmnicu Sărat Prison: 1901-1963 Râmnicu ...
The Jilava massacre [1] took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania.Sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard (Legion), with further high-profile assassinations in the immediate aftermath.
Mihai Vodă Monastery, Bucharest, founded in 1594, demolished in 1985-1986 while the church and the bell tower were moved 270 meters from their initial place to be saved, by engineer Eugeniu Iordăchescu behind 1980s apartment buildings, unknown architect [129]
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death.The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.