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Condiția monumentului sub regimul comunist II
The Condition of the Monument under the Communist Regime, II

Author(s): Daniel Barbu, Radu Ciuceanu, Octavian Roske
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of Church(es), History of Communism, Source Material
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Communist Regime; communist authorities; Romanian patrimony;

Summary/Abstract: The second part of the study secretly carried out by Radu Ciuceanu, Daniel Barbu and Octavian Roske in 1980 and broadcast by the Free Europe radio station in the summer of 1981 is a valuable document postul de radio Europa Liberă în vara anului 1981 reprezintă un valoros document relating the abuses committed by the communist authorities against the Romanian patrimony. The first part is dedicated to the typology of aggressions and abuses committed by the Direction of Natural Cultural Patrimony. This attitude was responsible for the degradation of frescoes and paintings in churches and monastries, especially from Northern Moldavia, as well as the incredible “evacuation” of priceless religious monuments brought to ruins, abandoned and put on the demolition list; the porch of St. Gheorghe Church is the best known case.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2000
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 196-212
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian