Vechi case, conace și curți boierești din ținutul Romanului în epoca modernă
Old Houses and Boyars Residences from the Roman County in the Modern Age

Summary/Abstract: This paper brings forward the boyar manors and palaces from Roman County, which were built between the 17th and 19th centuries. Circumstantial or historical phenomena, the foreign travels, the contact with the great European dynasties influence the behavior, the way of life, the preferences and attitudes of the Romanian boyars, who begin to be drawn by prestige and by political and economic power. All these are reflected in the characteristics of the boyar residence which evolves from a house built of wood and timber-framed to the stone constructions of the 17th century, and to the manors and palaces of thick stone or brick masonry, of impressive dimension, in classical, neoclassical, neogothic or eclectic style. Characterized by eclectic architecture and by large dendrological parks designed nearby, the boyar residences constituted administrative centres of huge land properties ruled by old noble families of Romanian, Greek or Armenian origin. Sturdza Palace at Miclăușeni, the residences Bogdan in Gâdinți, Styrcea in Văleni, the ones in Trifești, Bozieni, Budești and Climești (Făurei), the manor house Catargi-Zarifopol in Cârligi-Filipești or Alecsandri House in Mircești, found today on the territory of Neamț, Iași or Bacău Counties, represent real landmarks for the cultural, social, economic and political history of the place.

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