Great Fire of Bucharest

It started on 23 March 1847 and destroyed 1850 buildings,[1] a third of the city, including, according to Prince Gheorghe Bibescu, "the most populated and richest part of Bucharest".

The constant danger made this a concern ever since the Phanariote era, when fire watches were organized around the Aghia and the Spătar's residence.

[4] The fire started during the afternoon at the house of the Cluceress Zoița Drugăneasca, near the metochion of the Buzău bishopric, at the St. Demetrius Church.

[6] The fire burnt the St. Demetrius mahala (neighbourhood), the commercial streets Ulița Franțuzească (present-day Strada Franceză), Ulița Nemțească (present-day Strada Smârdan), Șelari, the artillery building in Piața de Flori, Lipscani (from Picollo to Marchitani), Hanul lui Zamfir, Bărăția, the Papazoglu Inn, New and Old St. George's Churches, Târgul Cucului, Mahalaua Stelei, Udricani, St. Vineri, Lucaci, St. Stephan and other areas.

On 26 June 1847 the list was published, containing the details of how the sum of 2,573,250 lei will be divided to 1559 affected property owners.

[11] At the suggestion of a civil clerk who remained in Wallachia from the time of the Russian military administration, the government took some measures for the systematization of the areas of the city that were destroyed by the fire.