Less than 70 km away from Bucharest, in a small village that now carries its name, we find one of the most beautiful manors in the vicinity of Romania’s capital city.

Started around 1872 and finalized in 1888, Casotta Manor is built in the style of the French rural manors of the 19th century, using architectural themes and motives inspired from the castles on the Loire Valley. Rich in decorations, the building is centred by a tall tower, with a pointy top, which offers a panoramic view over the village and the Bărăgan plain. The roof shows baroque-inspired elements, while the bannisters of the balconies and of the stairs are made of good quality cast iron. Wooden pillars, with beautiful traditional decorations, support the covered passageway connecting the main building to the servants’ house.

In mid-19th century, Athanasie Casotta, a serdar with Aromanian origins, is the owner, while his sons, Alexandru and Procopie are mentioned as inheritors around 1870. Procopie Casotta, being a philanthropist, donates the estate to the Civil Hospitals Authority in 1910, with the obligation of using it for the construction of a hospital and a school. In the interwar period, the estate is owned by the Ministry of Education and Cults, and the building is used as a dorm for the students of the Vocational School „Procopie Casotta”. Donating the estate to a State Institution saves it from being nationalized, maintaining its function even after the Second World War. In 2006 the property becomes private and today it is in the middle of a complex restauration project.

The manor is built on four levels: a large dry basement, with direct access from inside and also from the outside; the ground floor and the first floor, with a total of fourteen rooms and terraces; the attic with a tower and a large open-space loft that can be easily transformed in living area.

Given the beauty of this manor, its relatively good shape, the large usable area and the generous land plot, the possible future functions can be the following: inn or pension with restaurant and wine cellar, events center, permanent or seasonal residence, museum, company or foundation headquarters.

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The Mansion is abandoned and closed for visiting