to house Foreign Affairs—it was here that the Treaty of Bucharest was signed in August 1913. Ralu Strudza died at Agapia in October 1914, leaving most of her wealth to charity. After the fall of Bucharest and throughout the second half of World War I, the Foreign Affairs palace was used as a hospital by the Ottoman Army, housing victims of thiamine deficiency. In the early interwar years, the complex was only permanently used by a caretaker, Fr. Ștefănescu, and his family. In late 1933, an annex was being demolished to ease access from a neighboring street. Identified as decadent, the main building was slated for demolition as early as 1937, and finally torn down in late 1944. During its final years, it was the subject of a ditty mocking Foreign Minister Victor Antonescu. Its anonymous author quipped that, once "built by a calf", the Palace was destined to house "un bou" (Romanian for both "ox" and "cretin"). The family palace in Iași survived its historical era, serving first as an Orthodox seminary and then as head offices for Radio Iași. Another one of Sturdza's palatial homes existed on the Romanian Riviera, at Constanța, until being torn down in 1915. Notes References 1821 births 1901 deaths Grigore Pretenders to the Romanian throne Leaders of political parties in Romania National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Government ministers of the Principality of Moldavia Members of the Ad hoc Divans Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Senate of Romania 19th-century diplomats Diplomats of the Ottoman Empire 19th-century Romanian judges National supreme court judges Constitutional court judges Romanian legal scholars Prefects of Romania Romanian police chiefs Romanian nationalists Romanian monarchists Moldavian nobility Nobility from Iași Romanian outlaws Cavalry commanders Military snipers 19th-century Romanian military personnel Military personnel from Iași Romanian generals Pashas Ottoman Army generals People of the Revolutions of 1848 Ottoman military personnel of the Crimean War Romanian people of the Crimean War Romanian people of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Romanian Land Forces officers 19th-century Romanian philosophers Romanian writers in French 19th-century Romanian inventors Scientists from Iași Romanian agriculturalists 19th-century astronomers Romanian astronomers Romanian astrophysicists Aviation inventors Aviation pioneers Aviation history of Romania Inventors of musical instruments Writers from Iași 19th-century essayists Romanian essayists Romanian newspaper founders Romanian businesspeople in shipping Moldavian slave owners 19th-century philanthropists Romanian philanthropists Romanian hospital administrators Romanian patrons of the arts 19th-century composers Romanian classical