Mărășești Mausoleum

About Mărășești Mausoleum

At a glance: Monuments and historic sites in Mărășești, Vrancea County. Opening hours: daily 08:00 – 16:00. Ticket: 20 lei. The visit takes ½ – 1 hours. Information verified on 10 October 2026.

The Mărășești Heroes' Mausoleum stands on a hill on the edge of the town of Mărășești, right beside the national road between Bucharest, Focșani and Bacău, on the ground where the fighting of summer 1917 took place under the slogan "They shall not pass!". The idea came from the National Orthodox Society of Romanian Women, at its 1919 congress. The foundation stone was laid on 6 August 1923, and in 1924 the bones from the battlefield began to be reburied and General Eremia Grigorescu, commander of the First Army during the battle, was laid in the sarcophagus at the centre of the crypt. The crypts were inaugurated on 28 September 1924, in the presence of Queen Marie.

After a pause of 12 years the Cupola of Glory was built, and the monument was inaugurated on 18 September 1938 by King Carol II. The plans are by the architect George Cristinel (who won the competition together with Constantin Pomponiu), in a Neo-Romanian style: stone terraces rising to a round tower with a dome, with four granite eagles at its base. The bas-reliefs of the dome are by Ion Jalea and Cornel Medrea, and the interior painting by Eduard Săulescu. The frontispiece bears the inscription "Întru slava eroilor neamului" ("To the glory of the nation's heroes"), together with the names of the places where the great battles of the Romanian front were fought.

The monument is owned by Vrancea County Council and run by the Vrancea Museum; it is a listed historic monument (LMI code VN-IV-m-A-06631).

Good to know before you go

Getting there

By car: the mausoleum is on the edge of the town of Mărășești, right on the national road (DN2/E85, km 223), ~20 km from Focșani; you come from Bucharest or Bacău along DN2 and can see the monument from the road.

By train: Mărășești is an important railway junction, and the station is ~1 km from the mausoleum, so you can walk.

Where to park

We have found no official information about parking; the monument is beside the road, so ask at the entrance where you can stop.

Fees & discounts

Full ticket (mausoleum and museum): 20 lei; pensioners and organised groups of over 10 people: 10 lei; pupils from outside Vrancea County, students and people with a mild or moderate disability: 5 lei. Free for pupils from Vrancea County, pre-schoolers, war veterans and people with a severe or marked disability, plus their companions.

Rules

This is a place of remembrance: dress decently, keep quiet in the crypts and respect the graves. Photography for personal use is usually allowed; ask the staff before photographing inside.

Facilities

Museum in the mausoleum courtyard · online tickets and a virtual tour on the Vrancea Museum website · phone: +40 786 436 687 / +40 237 260 574