Location: village Cârligi, commune Filipești, county Bacău
Geographical coordinates: 46°46’01.8″N 26°50’17.0″E (46.767167, 26.838056)
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Access:
1. The access can be done by car, going on the DJ159 or on the DC8, you enter on the Strada Conacului on an unpaved road and in about 300metres you reach the manor house
2. By train: get off at the Galbeni (Filipești) railway station and from here on foot, on the DC8, walk about 4.5KM.
3. From Bacău or on the way, by public transport by car. Check here availability!
Description:
The Zarifopol mansion was built in 1850 by the Moldavian nobleman Ștefan Catargiu, who committed suicide in 1866 on 2 September.
The mansion is declared a historical monument, with code 04B0061/ (BC-II-m-A-00808).
After the death of the first owner, the manor passed into the possession of the Greek Zarifopol family.
The manor is quite well preserved, it preserves elements of architectural value: interior staircases, firieres, columns, terraces.
For a period of time the building housed the school named after the writer Dinu Zarifopol (1921 – 2002), who was born in this area.
The ghost that haunts the building is said to be that of Iorgu Zafiropol, who hanged himself on the morning of 30 November 1930, following his failure to find oil on the estate. After the burial the family built the room in which he hanged himself. The place is also known as the Devil’s House.
Today the building is closed, inside there are still traces of the former school. Both inside and outside are in a continuous state of disrepair, the terracotta stoves are knocked down, the windows broken, the doors destroyed.
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