Dimitrie Maimarolu
Dimitrie Maimarolu was a Romanian architect, whose designs featured French Beaux-Arts style.
He came from an Aromanian family, with roots in Macedonia. He studied architecture in France, first with Julien Guadet and from 1881 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After graduating in 1885, he returned to Romania and is named architect for the Interior Ministry. Promoted to architect-in-chief in 1887, he held the position until 1892. By 1898 he was working for the Agriculture Ministry, developing the Bibescu Garden in Craiova.
Among the buildings he designed are:
- Argeș County Prefecture Building.
- Gorj County Prefecture, in Târgu Jiu.
- Church of St. Sylvester, Bucharest.
- St. Haralambos Church of Turnu Măgurele
- Palace of the Chamber of Deputies, completed in 1907
- Palace of the National Military Circle, begun in 1911, completed in 1923.
- Armenian Church in Bucharest, 1911-1912, with Grigore Cerchez
- Hotel Concordia.
- Vorvorenilor's Home in Craiova
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