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1906 - the year when the current building of the Virgil Carianopol Municipal Library was built, a patrimony building, a historical monument of the architectural ensemble of the former Libertăţii Street, present Iancu Jianu. It was built by the Agricultural Credit - Caracal Branch, where the houses of Cănuţ Jianu, the son of Grigore Jianu, the uncle of Iancu Jianu were located. The building was used for a long time by the Romanati County Financial Administration. Until 2000 was the seat of the Caracal Court, and since 2002 there is the Municipal Library "Virgil Carianopol".
The year 2017 is the year when the project "RESTAURANT, CONSOLIDATION, MAKING AND LIVING THE LIBRARY" VIRGIL CARIANOPOL, FOR THE SUSTAINABLE VALUATION OF LOCAL CULTURAL PATRIMONY, will start.
On 03.08.2017, Mrs. Marilena Bogheanu, General Manager of ADR SV Oltenia and Mr. Radu Dumitru Liviu, Mayor of Caracal Municipality, signed the financing contract for the project "RESTAURATION, CONSOLIDATION, MAINTENANCE AND LIVING OF LIBRARY" at the ADR SV Oltenia headquarters VIRGIL CARIANOPOL FOR THE SUSTAINABLE VALUATION OF THE LOCAL CULTURAL PATRIMON "to be financed under the program of the Regional Operational Program 2014-2020, Priority Axis 5 - Improvement of the urban environment and preservation, protection and sustainable valorization of cultural heritage, falling within the Priority Investment 5.1 - Conservation, protection, promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage.
The total value of the project is 10,200,984.08 lei, of which a non-reimbursable financing of 9,895,723.40 lei plus the contribution of the beneficiary, namely the City Hall of Caracal, amounting to 305,260.68 lei.
Project implementation period: 03.08.2017 - 15.01.2020.
The project "VIRGIL CARIANOPOL RESTAURANT, CONSOLIDATION, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITATION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE VALUATION OF LOCAL CULTURAL PATRIMONY" contributes to the overall objective of the Caracal Development Strategy, namely: "to increase the quality of life by creating new jobs, Rehabilitation and modernization of urban infrastructure, improvement of social and public health services, environmental protection as well as the development of business and entrepreneurship support structures. "
The proposed works aim at preserving or restoring the façades in the architectural style of the original building, maintaining the artistic aspect of the epoch from which it comes, structural consolidation of the building in order to ensure the requirement of mechanical strength and stability, safety in the building, restoration of the finishes Restoration, preservation, including artistic components, restoration of indoor installations (sanitary installations, electrical installations, natural gas supply installations, thermal installations, ventilation and air conditioning, fire alarm and alarm systems, anti-burglary, video surveillance -close data, its endowment as well as its functional rehabilitation, ensuring within the restored space, contemporary cultural functions, which reintegrate the building into the local cultural space.
Thus, besides the specific interventions for the restoration, protection, preservation and consolidation of the historical monument, the following actions are proposed to be beneficial to the following objectives:
• Fluidizing and separating traffic by user;
• Modernizing and equipping the furniture of the library;
• Setting up a workshop and office for recording, processing and developing the collection of volumes within the institution;
• Proper placement and endowment of the biblionette so that it can be accessed by users independently of the library halls, with direct access from the outside;
• Reorganizing and endowing exhibition halls in such a way as to increase the interest of visitors to exhibitions;
• Designing distinct sanitary groups dedicated to the use of visitors;
In addition to the listed measures, actions designed to ensure the revitalization of the building are foreseen:
• Realization and endowment of a covered multifunctional space, in place of the interior courtyard (currently decommissioned) hosting different cultural events, to attract visitors;
• Developing and equipping a dedicated space to accommodate various temporary exhibitions of the city and the county, all year round, accessed through filter functions (wardrobe, hallways);
• Proper provision of new functions with sanitary groups;
• Rehabilitation of the basement by setting up functions dedicated to the courses and activities for young people;
• Decommissioning of social housing from the basement and demolition of parasitic buildings adjacent to the patrimony building;
• Establishment of annexes that ensure the proper functioning of the multifunctional space (office, cabin actors, storage);
• Equipping the building with adequate heating and ventilation equipment;
• Equipping existing spaces with new functions and new spaces obtained, equipping them with the equipment and equipment specific to the utilities necessary for the optimum operation of the objective;
In addition to the basic work on the heritage objective, works related to the heritage objective are foreseen, comprising works and facilities for:
• Rehabilitation of sidewalk at the building, exterior stairs, gutters and access ramps;
• Rebuilding floors in the inner yard;
• Upgrading the main access exterior staircase and secondary access stairs;
• Arranging pedestrian access roads and platforms;
• Refurbishing fencing and gates;
• Exterior lighting;