Planuri de asanare a lacului Cișmigiu (1883)
Plans of Cleaning Up Cișmigiu Lake (1883)

Summary/Abstract: The cleaning up of Cișmigiu Lake in Bucharest represented one of the matters that the authorities in Bucharest were confronted with since the setting up of Cișmigiu Garden. Although some decisions were taken in order to temporarily improve the effects of periodic overflow of waters, the improper state of hygiene of the lake affected the entire area to the end of the 19th century. It was in 1883, when the Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Trade and Domains initiated a sanitation and landscaping project of Cișmigiu Lake, which supposed the co-operation with Bucharest City Hall. One of the results of this approach was that Cișmigiu Garden was transferred in the administration of the city hall, according to the law issued on June 24/July 6, 1884. The exchange of letters between the two institutions was preserved in fonds Primăria Municipiului București. Tehnic [Bucharest City Hall. Technical Matters], file 1/1883 from Bucharest Municipality Office at the National Archives of Romania. It refers to both the plans to ‘recover’ the waters in Cișmigiu Lake and the negotiations that led to the transfer of the garden in the administration of Bucharest City Hall.

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