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Historic building Bucharest, Romania

Foișorul de Foc (literally The Fire Tower) is a 42 metres (138 feet) high building in Bucharest, Romania, between Obor, Calea Moșilor, and Nerva-Traian. It was used in the past as an observation tower by the firemen.

In September 2024, the museum was reopened, the building having undergone restoration, starting from 2021.

Background

It was built in 1890, two years after the previous watchtower, Turnul Colței, built in 1715, was demolished. The plans were made by George Mandrea, back then the chief-architect of Bucharest.

Foișorul de Foc had a double role, as it was also designed to be a water tower, too. However, after the building was finished, the local water utility company (Uzina de Apă Grozăvești) had no pumps powerful enough to fill it with water.

Foișorul de Foc was used by the firefighters until 1935, when it became ineffective, as more and more high-rise buildings were built in Bucharest, and the introduction of the telephone reduced the need for a watchtower. In 1963, it was turned into a Firefighters' Museum.

Gallery

Daytime view
Night view

References

Visit Bucharest. Today (16 September 2024). "Bucharest's Historic Fire Tower Reopens - National Firefighters Museum - Visit Bucharest". Visit Bucharest. Today. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
"Ultimul Foișor de Foc al Bucureștiului". Institutul de Memorie Culturală (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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v t e Tall buildings in Bucharest
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Under construction	Dâmbovița Center Monaco Towers Open Sky Residence Orhideea Towers People's Salvation Cathedral Sema Parc Hotel
Approved	Niro Hotel Tower N.O.C. Tower
Proposed	Carol Tower Cuprom Tower Dorobanți Tower Kiseleff Business Plaza Olympic Tower Orhideea Business Center Politehnica Tower Prime Towers Tron Tower

Tall buildings in Romania

Built

Bucharest

>100 m	Floreasca City Center (137 m) People's Salvation Cathedral (135 m) Globalworth Tower (118 m) Ana Tower (110 m) Bucharest Tower Center (106 m) House of the Free Press (104 m)
70-100 m	Asmita Gardens (92 m) Orhideea Towers (85 m) Palace of the Parliament (84 m) Bucharest Financial Plaza (83 m) BRD Tower (82 m) Charles de Gaulle Plaza (80 m) Doamna Ghica Plaza A (80 m) Euro Tower (80 m) Grand Hotel Bucharest (77 m) Nusco Tower (76 m) Monaco Towers (76 m) Cathedral Plaza (75 m) City Gate Towers (75 m) TVR Tower (74 m) Crystal Tower (72 m) Millennium Business Center (72 m) The Mark (70 m)
<70 m	Unicredit Tower (68 m) United Nations Plaza (66 m) Phoenix Tower (65 m) Rin Grand Hotel (65 m) Piraeus Bank Tower (64 m) Premium Plaza (64 m) Griro Tower (60 m) Bucharest Corporate Center (60 m) CCIR Building (57 m) BSE Tower (56 m) UpGround (55 m) Pipera Business Tower (54 m) Pullman Hotel (52 m) Oracle Tower (45 m) Anchor Plaza (35 m)

Satu Mare

Administrative Palace Satu Mare (97 m)
Dana Complex (64 m)

Cluj Napoca

West City Tower (95 m)
BRD Tower (50 m)

Timișoara

UBC 0 (90 m)
UBC 3 (84 m)
ISHO Riverside A (75 m)
ISHO Riverside D (70 m)
UBC 2 (60 m)
UBC 1 (60 m)

Iași

Palas Iași (71 m)
University of Medicine and Pharmacy (65 m)

Sibiu

MyContinental Hotel (58 m)
BCR Tower Sibiu (56 m)

Bucharest skyline in 2022.

Proposed
Esplanada City Center (250 m) Dâmbovița Center Towers (155 m) Cefin Tower (125 m) Sky Towers Cluj Napoca (125 m) Sigma Towers (120 m) Sema Parc Hotel (75 m)

Demolished
Basarab Tower (104 m) Carlton Bloc (47 m)

Tallest timeline
Turnul Colței (1714–1888) Foișorul de Foc (1890–1932) Carlton Bloc (1932–1934) Telephones Company Building (1934–1956) House of the Free Press (1956–2007) Bucharest Tower Center (2007–2012) Floreasca City Center (2012–present)

Buildings listed in order of height
Building data source: Skyscraper Center

44°26′25.20″N 26°7′14.12″E / 44.4403333°N 26.1205889°E / 44.4403333; 26.1205889

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