Tudor Arghezi House
historic house museum in Sector 4, Romania
The Memorial House of Tudor Arghezi, also known as Casa Mărțișor, is a historic monument located in the Dealul Piscului area of Sector 4, Bucharest, Romania. The house served as the residence of the Romanian writer Tudor Arghezi from 1930 until his death in 1967.
History
On June 10, 1926, Tudor Arghezi acquired the land where the house would later be built. The area, formerly known as Mahalaua Cărămidarilor, was near Piața Sudului and the Văcărești Monastery. Arghezi initiated the construction of the house with the assistance of Swedish architect Jahanes, designing it according to his own vision. The house was completed in stages, with Arghezi and his wife, Paraschiva, moving into three of the twenty rooms by 1930.
Between 1935 and 1937, an annex was added to the property, which became Arghezi's personal printing workshop. He worked there with his son, Baruțu, printing books and magazines. In 1948, the property was nationalized by the Romanian Communist Party. Arghezi agreed to relinquish ownership on the condition that the house be preserved as a memorial following his death.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tudor Arghezi House” as historic house museum in Sector 4, Romania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as historic house museum in Sector 4, Romania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20430064. Authority coordinates are 44.398, 26.118. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930, 1967, 1926 and 1935.
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