Solacoglu Inn

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Hanul Solacoglu seen from Calea Moşilor (January 2008)

Window frames, Hanul Solacoglu (January 2008)

Solacoglu Inn (Romanian: Hanul Solacoglu or Hanul Solacolu) is one of the historical inns in Bucharest. It is located along Calea Mosilor, a trading avenue that used to make the connection between Bucharest's Inner Town (Romanian Târgul Dinlǎuntru) and the largest marketplace in the town (Obor Marketplace, still in use as of 2006). Its architecture blends traditional outlines with a few Western elements. It was constructed in 1859 for Solacoglu Brothers, merchants from Istanbul who had settled in Wallachia^[1]. In the 1990s the city government evacuated the illegal inhabitants and the bureaucratic process of restoring the building was supposed to begin, but it did not. The building lies nowadays in a bad, ruined state, with its doors and windows blocked off by metal strings bars and plates.

Other old inns still standing in Bucharest include Manuc's Inn (Romanian: Hanul lui Manuc), Gabroveni Inn (Romanian: Hanul Gabroveni), and the Lindentree Inn (almost universally known by its Romanian name Hanul cu Tei).