Barbu Bălcescu was a Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

n-born Romania

Romania

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n lawyer and revolutionary, the younger brother of Nicolae Bălcescu

Nicolae Balcescu

Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

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Born in Bălceşti

Balcesti

For the village in Gorj County, see Bengeşti-Ciocadia. For the villages in Cluj County, see Beliş and Căpuşu Mare.Bălceşti is a town located in Vâlcea County, Romania. The town administers eight villages: Beneşti, Cârlogani, Goruneşti, Chirculeşti, Irimeşti, Otetelişu, Preoţeşti and Satu...

, Vâlcea County

Vâlcea County

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, he attended the Law faculties of the Saint Sava College

Saint Sava College

Saint Sava College was one of the earliest academic institutions in Wallachia, Romania. It was the predecessor to both Saint Sava National College and the University of Bucharest.-History:...

 and of the University of Paris

University of Paris

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; his thesis was on the inalienability of property gained through dowries. During the Wallachian Revolution of 1848

Wallachian Revolution of 1848

The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and Romantic nationalist uprising in the Principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of 1848, and closely connected with the unsuccessful revolt in the Principality of Moldavia, it sought to overturn the administration imposed by...

, the Provisional Government assigned him as commissioner of Buzău County

Buzau County

Buzău is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 496,214 and the population density was 81/km².*Romanians – 97%*Roma – under 3% declared, and others....

. On 8 September, he corresponded with his brother, a leader of the revolution, and took part in the public burning of Regulamentul Organic

Regulamentul Organic

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. He was arrested in Bucharest

Bucharest

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 and subsequently departed for Constanţa

Constanta

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In 1856, he was part of the Bucharest magistrates' corps. He belonged to the Bucharest Court of Appeals from 1859 to 1864, and was alawyer in Craiova

Craiova

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 from 1864 to 1876. In 1870 he was inspector for private schools in Dolj County

Dolj County

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, and he served as Mayor of Craiova in 1875. His three daughters were renowned for their beauty: Olga, married to General Petre Gigurtu and the mother of Ion Gigurtu

Ion Gigurtu

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; Ana, married to Dr. Dimitrie Culcer; and Zoe, married to judge Nicolae Mandrea. In the summer of 1878, the poet Mihai Eminescu

Mihai Eminescu

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 visited his country house in Floreşti. His Craiova home, built in the 19th century, still stands. Originally interred in Craiova's Sineasca Cemetery, in 2003 he was reburied near the Nicolae Bălcescu Memorial in Nicolae Bălcescu

Nicolae Balcescu, Vâlcea

Nicolae Bălcescu is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Romania. It is composed of seventeen villages: Băneşti, Corbii din Vale, Dosu Râului, Ginerica, Gâltofani, Linia Hanului, Măzăraru, Mângureni, Pleşoiu, Popeşti, Predeşti, Rotărăşti , Schitu, Şerbăneasa, Tufanii, Valea Bălcească and Valea Viei...

, Vâlcea County.