#Casa de Cultură

The House of Culture in Măcărești is crumbling — and with it the «Hora cu cinci fete» mosaic the state doesn't list as a monument

In the House of Culture of Măcărești village, built in 1972 and closed since 2005, survives «Hora cu cinci fete» (the round dance of five girls) — a monumental mosaic that also gave its name to a book by writer Ștefan Susai. A recent Moldova 1 reportage and a public appeal to the Minister of Culture put the ruined building back in the spotlight. Less has been said, though, that neither the mosaic nor the building appears in the state register of protected monuments — and that a village which drew over 8 million lei through «European Village» for a kindergarten and water lacks the roughly 30 million the mayor puts on paper for restoration.