Lalu House (The Children's Palace)

Located on Ștefan cel Mare str., at no. 44,  Lalu house hosts today the Children's Palace. The beautiful building was built by the contractor Carol Zane, according to the plans of the architect Roger H. Bolomey.

The name of the house comes from Dimitrie Lalu, who remained in the locals minds as "one of the most famous figures of our city... a great merchant and industrialist, who for over 40 years was active in the economic field of Piatra-Neamț and Neamț County".

Coming as a young man from Greece, he settled in Piatra-Neamț, trading in wood, through an association and then on his own. He was not endowed with "a superior culture" but "endowed with a lively intelligence and vocation for trade", becoming not long after one of the biggest merchants and industrialists in the county and in the country, as recorded in the publications and documents of the time.

Text source: www.ziarpiatraneamt.ro