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Earthquake 1940 Nov. 11th in Bucharest

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alexro

Posted: July 24, 2007 11:39 am

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QUOTE (New Connaught Ranger @ July 20, 2007 07:31 am)

Slightly off topic:

Looking at some of the construction techniques in practise in Romania today God help Romania if a big earthquake was to hit again, for sure one place I would not want to be is Bucharest.

Kevin in Deva.

In case a big earthquake will strike Bucharest the main problem are those buildings that was build until 1964. I you want to see a detailed list of high risk buildings from Bucharest in case of a big earthquake, you cand download it from here: High risk buildings in Bucharest

mateias

Posted: February 16, 2008 08:34 pm

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For Alexro

There are some slight mistakes in your full fledged contribution about Block Carlton.
1. Architect's correct name is GEORGE MATEI Cantacuzino (G. M. Cantacuzino), not GHEORGHE N. Cantacuzino.
2. After the deadly earthquake of November 10, 1940 - when Carlton Block caved in - he was found not guilty by the special commission set up by the Antonescu-Horia Sima government.

the deadly earthquake of November 10, 1940
Source of these "details" : the link to the Bucharest School of Architecture named after him :
http://www.ce.tuiasi.ro/~arhitect/cantacuzino.html

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1940 Prabusirea blocului Carlton in timpul cutremurului de la 10 noiembrie atrage invinuirea de catre autoritati a constructorilor cit si a arhitectului G.M.Cantacuzino. Comisia de ancheta va stabili o serie de cauze particulare care au dus la prabusirea cladirii, cauze ce nu se datorau arhitectului. G.M.Cantacuzino este scutit de orice urmarire penala.

The architect was one of the most important Romanian architects of all times, and believe it or not, he was the youngest VOLUNTEER in WW1. List of his works is quite impressive and his family connections are incredible. He was not jailed by the Legionaries, he volunteered to be sent to the Russian front, and after WW2 he was jailed by the Communists, being declared "an enemy of the Romanian people".

This post has been edited by mateias on February 17, 2008 08:40 am

Cantacuzino	Posted: February 18, 2008 09:49 am
Host Group: Hosts Posts: 2328 Member No.: 144 Joined: November 17, 2003	Carlton ruins pictures. Source Willy Pragher This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on February 18, 2008 09:52 am

mele22	Posted: March 19, 2008 01:18 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 8 Member No.: 1693 Joined: November 25, 2007	The 1940 earthquake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbd70yvDI28

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