Об известных армянских домах

[Guest Brave Nazar]

http://www.mnir.ro/harta/han_uk.html

Румыния. Бухарест

Дом "MANUC'S INN"

Manuc's Inn represents one of Bucharest'historical building; it was build in 1808-by that times the owner was the Armenian trader-Emanuel Marzaian (Manuc Bey)

In the area of the present streets of Lipscani and Stavropoleos, there used to be a great number of inns, which were part and parcel of the flourishing commercial world of Bucharest between the 16th and 19th centuries. Actually few of those inns resisted to the test of time, of which the Lime-Tree Inn, built up in 1833 and Manuc's Inn raised in 1808 by a wealthy Armenian, Emanuel MⲺaian, called by the Turks Manuc-bei (prince). They say that Manuc, a rich adventurer, who was also a merchant and a political man, was the owner of a fabulous fortune made up of money, gems, houses, shops, estates and even mountains. After 1812, he was forced to leave the country for fear of the Turks, and once arrived in France, he was adopted by the French high-life society. He owned a stately palace and was considered to be the most elegant foreigner who lived in Paris. He was versatile in 12 different languages, and had many love affairs. But the most sensational story about him, which was also recorded by the press of the time, was an act of philanthropy: the 100,000 FF he won at gambling one night, were all given to the poor the next day. The Turks asked Napoleon I to hand him over to them. But Manuc-bei learned about it from the prefect of Paris, Fouchi, duke of Otranto, so that he fled away to Russia. It was there that he was poisoned to death some years later.

Manuc's Inn, one of the most beautiful samples of old town architecture preserved in Wallachia, stretches partially over the territory once held by the Old Princely Court. The plot of land was bought by Manuc at an auction, and was located in the very commercial centre of the city, with streets that still bear the names of the tradesmen who populated the area, i.e. Lipscani - shopkeepers whose merchandises were brought from Leipzig; Gabroveni - dealers in clothes from Gabrovo, Bulgaria; Covaci - ironmongers; sepcari - hatters and cap dealers; selari - saddlemakers etc. So, in old times, Manuc's Inn was both a meeting and a resting place for tradesmen and tradeswomen; it was known for its noise, dirt and many carts. Many a traveller, even if they did not put up there, would stop by just to have a look at the picturesque yard and at the inn's superposed interior open porticos and bedrooms.

In his comprehensive work "The History of Bucharest", Prof. Constantin C. Giurescu made a lively description of Manuc's Inn. "In the yard and on the corridors of the inn one could see a remarkable blend of human types and costumes, i.e. merchants come from everywhere, cart-renters, townspeople, clergymen, peasants, tarts, gypsies moving to and fro, they would talk, haggle, conclude bargains, quarrel." The inn was made up of a four-sided building around an inward yard where "big carts from Brasov" and "caravans" would go in and out. The one-storey building had vaulted cellars which were deep and large. On their inner side, all along their length, the basement and the 1st floor had open porticos supported by wooden pillars between which would open three-cusped arches. Access to the 1st floor was made by means of two wooden stairs with belle vues. While the rooms on the ground-floor would serve to passage travellers, people who would come for a longer time would be lodged on the 1st floor. The outer sides of the inn were trimmed with many shops that would put on sale a whole variety of merchandises, whether Turkish carpets for a "decent price", or "the best of" scents brought all the way from London and Paris.

It is at Manuc's Inn that preliminary talks of the Peace Treaty that put an end to the 1806-1812 Russian-Turkish war* were held in 1812.

In 1842, the Townhall of Bucharest had its main offices at Manuc's Inn for a short while.

About the year 1880, the inn had a hall that hosted theatre plays and it is on its very premises that the first Romanian operetta show was performed.

Before Romania entered World War I, in 1914-1916, the "Dacia" Hall at Manuc's Inn hosted meetings where public figures of the time, salient Romanian political men or writers like Nicolae Filipescu, Take Ionescu, Barbu Stefanescu Delavrancea, Octavian Goga would claim to the government that Romania should enter war alongside the Entente's countries in order to liberate Transylvania and Bukovina.

At present, Manuc's Inn has preserved, to a large extent, its old style and flavour, it now serves as a hotel with a restaurant, a wine cellar, and a cake shop. Just like in the old days, there are many shops on the outer side of its ground-floor. When one walks into the inn's yard, he or she would step on an oak beam bridge and thus get a glimpse on how streets in Bucharest might have looked in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The inn was restored successively, in 1848, in 1863, in 1966-1970, and, more recently, in 1991-1992, in an endeavour to keep unaltered its old structure, peculiar architecture and traditional use.

Edited June 10, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

Здание посольства РФ в Италии, бывшее посольство СССР в Италии.

Villa Abamelek ROMA

Бывш. собственность Абамелик Лазарева.

Edited June 7, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

А это про добрые дела Абамелека

Евангелие в древне-армянском переводе, написанное в 887 году. фототипическое издание рукописи Лазаревскаго института восточных языков на иждивение почетнаго попечителя института, князя С. С. Абамелек-Лазарева. 1899.

Edited June 7, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

http://www.gulbenkian.pt/

http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/

http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk

Galoust Gulbenkian Foundation House

Лисабон, Португалия.

Edited June 10, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

Это немного офтоп, но интересно. Памятник Нубар Нубаряну (Nubar Nubarian Pasha - afterwards Egypt's prime minister) в Александрии.

Edited June 7, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/430/ar4.htm

А это "Стены Фатимидов" в Каире.

The original brick walls of Al-Qahira were replaced in 1087 by the Armenian architect John the Monk and his two brothers, who rebuilt the walls -- often using cut stones wrenched from Pharaonic edifices -- to include a series of internal galleries connected by vaulted rooms with arrow slits and clear openings looking onto the city along the entire length. Guard rooms and living quarters turned the new ramparts into a fortress with towers placed at regular intervals allowing soldiers a full view of potential invaders.

И еще при Фатимидах все египетские везиры были армянами.

Ahmed Ibn El-Afdal,

El-Sayed Abul-Fath El-Armani,

Bahran El-Armani,

Bohran El-Armani,

Tali' Ibn Raziq El-Armani

Raziq Ibn Tali.

Edited June 10, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/430/ar4.htm

А это Погос Юсуфян (1768-1844). Банкир и исполняющий роль министра иностранных дел при Мухаммед Али (Египет был в Отоманской империи еще).

Boghos Youssufian , "a strange mixture of timidity and courage," in the words of his nephew Nubar, was buried in a quiet ceremony; when Mohamed Ali heard of his death, he ordered the coffin exhumed and given a state funeral.

Edited June 10, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[Guest Brave Nazar]

Еще один памятник Нубар паше.

Edited June 7, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[lamps]

А у моей жены как раз дед из клана Манук`а

[Guest Brave Nazar]

А у моей жены как раз дед из клана Манук`а

lamps, наверное, ты хотел сказать не "клан", а "род"? Не знаю как в Сицилии или России, но "кланами" у нас называют мафиозно-родственные группировки, а не генеологическо-родственные отношения и происхождение.

Правильно будет так: "А у моей жены как раз дед из рода Манука" или "Моя жена из рода Марзаянов" и т.д.

Edited June 10, 2004 by Brave Nazar

[SAS]

Brave Nazar,спасибо за интересную информацию, но было бы хорошо дать еще и ссылки...

Edited June 9, 2004 by SAS