5/5 Cristina M. 7 years ago on Google • 6 reviews
Constantin
Poroineanu
was
born
in
Târgovişte
in
1843,
as
the
son
of
Sache
Poroineanu
and
Elena,
the
daughter
of
the
great
owner
of
Caracal,
Ştefan
Jianu.
After
completing
his
studies
in
the
country
and
in
Paris,
he
became
one
of
the
great
rural
owners
owning
domains
in
Dâmboviţa,
Ilfov
and
Romanaţi.
He
offered
financial
aid
to
the
poor
at
holidays,
good
books
and
clothes
to
students
with
Caracal
224
results,
and
for
the
Ioniţă
Asan
High
School
he
brought
from
Paris
boards
for
anatomy
and
natural
history
lessons.
He
donated
12,000
lei
to
the
Caracal
Hospital,
and
500
lei
to
the
Romanian
Geographical
Society
for
the
best
map
of
Romanaţi
county.
He
was
decorated
with
national
orders,
the
Danube
Star,
Defenders
of
Independence,
but
also
with
foreign
orders,
Leopold
of
Belgium
and
Tancova.
On
September
14,
1908,
he
made
his
will,
leaving
his
entire
fortune
after
his
death
to
the
City
Hall
of
Caracal.
One
of
his
sons,
sent
to
study
in
Paris,
married
a
student,
unfortunately
the
daughter
of
a
Parisian
with
whom
the
old
Poroineanu,
who
was
still
studying
in
his
youth,
had
an
affair.
Learning
the
truth,
the
young
people
committed
suicide.
They
are
buried
at
the
Bellu
Cemetery
in
Bucharest,
where
they
have
a
funerary
monument
made
by
the
Italian
sculptor
Raffaello
Romanelli.
Poroineanu
committed
suicide
the
day
after
drawing
up
the
will.
1 person found this review helpful 👍
