In the 16-hectare park, there used to be three lakes, a water mill, alleys, terraces, a bathroom, a three-room cellar, and a mansion with an attic with five entrances. It appears that the owner was a "fierce spy" and never entered the same entrance twice in a row.
In 1896 a park was planted here, the mansion building was rebuilt, stylized after a Chinese pagoda. Also, three ponds were cleaned and ennobled, they were built: the stone necropolis of the family, the watermill with a one-kilometer underground pipe. But the most important thing is that the plan of the park was well thought out and according to it, alleys were formed, the paths were paved, over the brook a perforated metal bridge was made - the Sadness Bridge ”. The planning of the park and especially its general conception was taken care of by the great architect - Alexandru Bernardazzi, he constantly consulted the plan-conception of the owner of the estate - Caetan Oganovici.
And this concept was far from simple. Initially, the park was divided into 2 equal parts, the border between them was the stream with the bridge thrown over it. The stream itself symbolizes the thin thread of life, which separates the upper, earthly part of the park from the lower part, which symbolizes, respectively, eternity. It is in this part of the park that there is only one building - the necropolis🏛️. All the other buildings of the mansion, the water tower, and other household annexes are located in the first part of the park, the land.
The road of life
Throughout the park, there is a long alley planted densely with hornbeams, the alley, represents the road of life.
🏞️In the middle it is crossed by a stream, similar to the river Styx from Greek mythology that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead. It is believed that the old boatman carrying the dead to the underworld, Charon, crosses the Styx River, where the dragon-tailed dog Cerberus guards, allowing all souls to enter and none to leave. The openwork bridge is thrown over this stream.
In Greek mythology, six rivers separate hell from the world of the living. These are:
🏞️Acheron - the river of sadness
🏞️Cocytus - the river of lamentation
🏞️Piriphlegethon - the river of fire
🏞️Lethe - the river of oblivion
🏞️Mnemosynne - the river of memory
🏞️Styx - the river of hatred
Therefore, along the stream on his left (earthly), in his time springs about 6 springs, which fed the stream, which flows into the central pond of the mansion.
Great attention was paid to the varieties of trees planted. For example, near the necropolis was a huge lone black pine and the alley with black nuts begins - a symbol of eternity. This alley reaches in its southern part to the border of the park, after which there are expanses of fields.
The whole park is crossed by a whole series of alleys. Another specific feature of the park is the combination of decorative trees with fruit trees, ie it is both a park and an orchard, according to the manner once spread around the villas of the Roman Empire, the so-called "Fruit Trees".
In Soviet times, the park and the mansion were given the use of a summer camp, and as a result on the estate appeared some buildings foreign to this place - residential buildings, a dormitory. Until recently, standard sculptures of pioneers, semi-destroyed pioneer instructors, were scattered throughout the park. The pioneer camp has been closed for a long time, and the park and mansion are in an indescribable state of disrepair and are being destroyed further each year. The mansion building is also half-destroyed, as are all the other buildings. The necropolis was looted by the locals, which is why the district government ordered the tomb to be concreted.
Of the three lakes, only 2 exist, the third is completely muddy and practically no longer exists, the other 2 are also muddy.
The forest in the central part of the park has not been cleared for a long time by the dry standing trees, the bushes have grown so much that they are almost impossible to cross and are more reminiscent of the jungle.
😔Of the 6 springs, only 1 was restored.
"There is no trace of the watermill."
Of course, the riches inside the mansion were also stolen, only the outer walls and an old wooden staircase leading to the attic remained.
And yet, even though it is in ruins and ruins, walking on the alleys of the park and the shores of the central lake, we find ourselves dominated by a very special mood, and stopping on the bridge over the creek we feel our soul filled with peace. unparalleled interior. Fortunately, the alleys and stone benches that stand along them have been preserved and do not allow this place to lose its true appearance, the fruit of the thoughts and mastery of its creators. However, leaving this park behind, we still feel sadness, but especially a regret that we do not care about the legacy left by our ancestors and that we have not learned to cherish and preserve the beauty of the earth. our.
💡Curiosities:
☝️The village of Mindic was planted in 1896, for 40 days, because the boyar wanted to surprise his Polish mistress, who was to arrive in Bessarabia, to see his estate.
☝️In 1906 Kajetan Ohanowicz was assassinated at this villa.
☝️The Ohonowicz family had a tragic end. First, the daughter died, then the son, killed, disappeared in the war. The locals said that the family had been cursed by the mother of a girl whom the boyar had seduced. The pregnant girl abandoned herself and committed suicide. In her grief, her mother cursed the culprits for their extinction. At the death of his second child, the boyar lost his mind. Last summer he appeared in the middle of the village in a sleigh pulled by two white horses. After his death, the boyar was buried in the family grave. Luckily for her, her wife never found out about the death of her son, whom she loved more than anything in the world. After the entry of Russian troops into Bessarabia, Sofia Ohonowicz retired to Romania, to Brasov, where she died.
☝️On the frontispiece of the tomb, before his death, the boyar had written a warning for possible grave desecrators that sounded like this:
„Do not awaken those who have found their eternal abode here, great will be their rage against the troublemakers.”
☝️Immediately after 1944, the tomb became the property of the village, becoming the headquarters of a fishing center. One of the first leaders of the center took the bones out of the tomb to show the peasants who the real master was. In a few months, his only daughter died. And, as a story to have a special ending, the trickster buried his daughter in the boyar's grave.
☝️1980-1990 in the park is set up the pioneer camp "Hello" so that the buildings are modernized and the territory is adapted for play, fun, and rest.
☝️In 1997, the Government declared the mansion a branch of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History, to save what was left. But the project was halted due to a lack of money. A new government decision on the restoration of the monument was approved in 2003, but no money was allocated.
☝️The dendrological park at the „Mîndîc” villa has an area of 16 ha, of which only 3 ha are part of the protected objective.
☝️The Ohanowicz family (Oganowici) rests in a tomb in the Chapel of the Ohanowicz family in the Catholic Cemetery in Chisinau (also known as the Polish Cemetery) under the western wing.
😤Since 1991, inaction has led to the degradation of the park's buildings and vegetation. Currently, all the buildings in the park, including the tomb and the villa, are devastated. The lake is littered with reeds and reeds.
The source: Sprâncean Andrei//facebook.com
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