Dimitrie Maimarolu

Dimitrie Maimarolu (1859 in Bucharest – 1926) was a Romanian architect, whose designs featured French Beaux-Arts style.

Poșta Română stamp from 2007 depicting the Palace of the National Military Circle, designed by architect Dimitrie Maimarolu

He came from an Aromanian family, with roots in Macedonia.^[1] He studied architecture in France, first with Julien Guadet and from 1881 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After graduating in 1885, he returned to Romania and is named architect for the Interior Ministry. Promoted to architect-in-chief in 1887, he held the position until 1892. By 1898 he was working for the Agriculture Ministry, developing the Bibescu Garden in Craiova.^[2]

Among the buildings he designed are:

• Argeș County Prefecture Building (built in 1899, in 1970 it became the County Museum of History and Natural Science).^[3]
• Gorj County Prefecture, in Târgu Jiu (finishing touches, 1902).^[4]
• Church of St. Sylvester, Bucharest (reconstruction and enlargement, from 1904 to 1907).^[5]
• St. Haralambos Church of Turnu Măgurele (1905)^[6]
• Palace of the Chamber of Deputies (the Patriarchal Palace today), completed in 1907^[7]
• Palace of the National Military Circle, begun in 1911, completed in 1923.^[8]
• Armenian Church in Bucharest, 1911–1912, with Grigore Cerchez^[9][10]
• Hotel Concordia.^[10]
• Vorvorenilor's Home (Palace) in Craiova (present residence of the Metropolitan of Oltenia)^[11][12]

Legacy

On 1 March 2005, a bust of Maimarolu was unveiled within the National Military Circle Palace.