Mausoleum of Heroes
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On the initiative of the local authorities and with the support of the "Heroes' Cult Society", in 1938 a committee headed by Colonel V. I. Rata, prefect of Tulcea and commander of the 33rd Infantry Regiment, was established to build an ossuary "in which to shelter the bones scattered on the camps and cemeteries in Moldova and later those gathered on the battlefields of Dobrogea, Carpathians and Marasesti which will also serve as a symbolic monument for today and future generations", as shown in a report to the royal resident of the Galati Territory, 30 .
The exhumation work was done under the care of General Gh. Avramescu, the commander of the 10th Division in which the Tulceans from the 33rd and 73rd Infantry Regiments fought. For a month, the general visited all the places where the remains of Tulcea heroes rested, while the Committee from Tulcea, led by Lt. Col. Vasile I. Rata worked hard to build the ossuary in Tulcea. The ossuary of the heroes was placed in the cemetery of the heroes of the First World War, where the heroes of the Second World War will find their eternal rest.
The initiative of placing a carved oak gate at the entrance to the cemetery and a monumental troit belonged to the 33rd Infantry Regiment, which, on October 13, 1934, celebrated half a century of its existence. A significant contribution to the creation of these sculpted works was made by the teaching staff from Tulcea, led by Professor Grigore Musculiu.
One of the four wooden troits in the cemetery yard, with the inscription "In memory of our heroes who sacrificed their lives on the altar of the homeland", was executed by Ecaterina Heresteanu, a teacher at the Girls' Industrial High School in Tulcea.
The mausoleum was built in 1938 through a contribution of 700,000 lei from the citizens of the city and 1,000 lei from the prefecture. The construction details can be found in the minutes of April 24, 1941 regarding the condition and inventory of the mausoleum: "We N. Mateescu, the Mayor of the city of Tulcea, accompanied by Mr. Captain Bistreanu Ion from the 33rd Dorobanti Regiment and delegate of the Tulcea Garrison and Mr. Ioan Caragheorghe, technical agent at Serv. Communal technical, we went to the Osuarul Eroilor to inventory the state of the mausoleum in accordance with the prescriptions under the head. IV art. 32 of C. art. 34 and 35 of the Law on the Regime of War Memorials and Monuments and I found the following: The Mausoleum in the city of Tulcea, a monumental construction started in 1938 on the initiative of a local committee houses the remains of the Heroes of the 33rd and 73rd Infantry regiments.
The mausoleum is built of concrete and brick in the middle of a park with a guard, in front of the troit and a massive portal at the entrance to its park. It is surrounded by a stone fence with concrete columns and iron chains. The bones of the heroes are placed in two side underground crypts, made of stone and concrete, with access doors and openings with windows to the crypts. The Osuarului Chapel, located in the center, has a reinforced concrete tower above it decorated with relief ornaments, and inside, religious oil paintings. Above the crypts, over the concrete floor, the masked tin roof is supported by columns with capitals and decorated with battlements. In general, the building is in perfect condition and is well maintained, and the park is landscaped and cared for.
The exhumation work was done under the care of General Gh. Avramescu, the commander of the 10th Division in which the Tulceans from the 33rd and 73rd Infantry Regiments fought. For a month, the general visited all the places where the remains of Tulcea heroes rested, while the Committee from Tulcea, led by Lt. Col. Vasile I. Rata worked hard to build the ossuary in Tulcea. The ossuary of the heroes was placed in the cemetery of the heroes of the First World War, where the heroes of the Second World War will find their eternal rest.
The initiative of placing a carved oak gate at the entrance to the cemetery and a monumental troit belonged to the 33rd Infantry Regiment, which, on October 13, 1934, celebrated half a century of its existence. A significant contribution to the creation of these sculpted works was made by the teaching staff from Tulcea, led by Professor Grigore Musculiu.
One of the four wooden troits in the cemetery yard, with the inscription "In memory of our heroes who sacrificed their lives on the altar of the homeland", was executed by Ecaterina Heresteanu, a teacher at the Girls' Industrial High School in Tulcea.
The mausoleum was built in 1938 through a contribution of 700,000 lei from the citizens of the city and 1,000 lei from the prefecture. The construction details can be found in the minutes of April 24, 1941 regarding the condition and inventory of the mausoleum: "We N. Mateescu, the Mayor of the city of Tulcea, accompanied by Mr. Captain Bistreanu Ion from the 33rd Dorobanti Regiment and delegate of the Tulcea Garrison and Mr. Ioan Caragheorghe, technical agent at Serv. Communal technical, we went to the Osuarul Eroilor to inventory the state of the mausoleum in accordance with the prescriptions under the head. IV art. 32 of C. art. 34 and 35 of the Law on the Regime of War Memorials and Monuments and I found the following: The Mausoleum in the city of Tulcea, a monumental construction started in 1938 on the initiative of a local committee houses the remains of the Heroes of the 33rd and 73rd Infantry regiments.
The mausoleum is built of concrete and brick in the middle of a park with a guard, in front of the troit and a massive portal at the entrance to its park. It is surrounded by a stone fence with concrete columns and iron chains. The bones of the heroes are placed in two side underground crypts, made of stone and concrete, with access doors and openings with windows to the crypts. The Osuarului Chapel, located in the center, has a reinforced concrete tower above it decorated with relief ornaments, and inside, religious oil paintings. Above the crypts, over the concrete floor, the masked tin roof is supported by columns with capitals and decorated with battlements. In general, the building is in perfect condition and is well maintained, and the park is landscaped and cared for.