The Historical Monument, the Gate of an inn built in Galaţi at the beginning of the 19th century (Poarta Hanului Turcesc-The Gate of the Turkish Inn), code GL-II-m-B-03039 was part of an urban complex integrated into an architecture program, determined at a certain point by a level of economic development and social organization in Galaţi. The architectural qualities it presents give it a unique character in the southern part of Moldova. The old Inn from the XIX century had two access ways one through the monumental gate (Egalitatii Street) and the second, smaller, which allowed the exit to the Cuza Voda Street from today. The gate, a historic monument built of brick, was placed in the old wall of the old inn, in the shape of an archival archway. The distribution of the inn's rooms as living spaces for many families has led to successive changes that have greatly departed from its initial appearance and contributed to its degradation at an accelerated rhythm, which is why it was demolished, along with all the surrounding houses, in 1984.It was just the main Gate of the inn. In 1986 the Galaţi County Design Institute was to prepare a consolidation and restoration project, the cost of the works being included in the general overview of the dwelling ensemble and endorsed by the State Committee for Culture and Socialist Education. In the same year, 1986, the Galati County Design Institute executed, on the order of IJGCL Galati, the owner of the edifice, a consolidation project, which received a favorable approval from the Culture Council on 28 Nov. 1986 (Approval No. 111/1986). Parallel to the building process of the housing blocks in the area, IJGCL started the consolidation of the inn's gate, at a particularly slow rhythm, in a few years succeeding in restoring only masonry. The presence of the construction site, near the architectural monument, contributed more to its degradation than to the restoration.According to a justification Statement of Architecture, conceived in 1995, the Monument was in a state of extreme physical degradation, which required special consolidation works by introducing vertical and horizontal elements of reinforced concrete that could ensure stability of the masonry structure.
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