Anca Petrescu
Mira Anca Victoria Mărculeț Petrescu (20 March 1949 – 30 October 2013) was a Romanian architect and politician. Anca Petrescu was born in Sighișoara, Romania, Petrescu graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest in 1973. In 1986, on the orders of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, Petrescu became chief architect of the colossal Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, a thirteen-year megaproject constructing the world's second-largest civilian administrative building after the Pentagon.
Anca Petrescu
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- Name
- Anca Petrescu
- Born
- 20 March 1949
- Birthplace
- Sighișoara, Romanian People's Republic
- Died
- 30 October 2013
- Place of death
- Bucharest, Romania
- Education
- Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- politician · architect
- Fields
- architect
- Known for
- Palace of the Parliament
- Languages
- Romanian · German · French
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Mira Anca Victoria Mărculeț Petrescu (20 March 1949 – 30 October 2013) was a Romanian architect and politician. Anca Petrescu was born in Sighișoara, Romania, Petrescu graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest in 1973. In 1986, on the orders of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, Petrescu became chief architect of the colossal Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, a thirteen-year megaproject constructing the world's second-largest civilian administrative building after the Pentagon.
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During the 1970s and 1980s, she was involved in many of Bucharest's redevelopment projects, which led to the relocation of thousands of residents in order to demolish their old, poor neighborhoods, replacing them with modern residential developments. Petrescu served as a member of Parliament for the Greater Romania Party (PRM) between 2004 and 2008. On 5 August 2013, Petrescu was involved in a major car accident. A month later, she fell into a coma from which she never recovered, dying from complications on 30 October 2013 in Bucharest, aged 64.
Anca Petrescu studied at Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning. The recorded working language is Romanian, German and French. The field of work recorded is architect. Positions recorded include member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania. Works named in the authority record are Palace of the Parliament.
Bucarest, Palazzo del Parlamento di notte
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Bucarest, Palazzo del Parlamento di notte
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• Name — Anca Petrescu • Citizenship — Romanian • Born — 20 March 1949 • Birthplace — Sighișoara, Romanian People's Republic • Died — 30 October 2013 • Place of death — Bucharest, Romania • Education — Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning • Significant Buildings — Palace of the Parliament
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1949
Anca Petrescu born at Sighișoara.
2013
Anca Petrescu died at Bucharest.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q434606: Anca Petrescu
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- The (in)famous Anca Petrescu: authorship and authority in Romanian communist architecture, 1977−1989, Ideological Equals, 2016
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The (in)famous Anca Petrescu: authorship and authority in Romanian communist architecture, 1977−1989, Ideological Equals, 2016Crossref registry
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