He was called "the engineer of heaven" for saving a dozen churches from destruction during communist rule in Romania. Civil engineer Eugeniu Iordachescu died on January 4, but he left a lasting legacy on the Bucharest skyline. During the rule of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the 1980s, thousands of structures were demolished in the Romanian capital. But Iordachescu developed a system to move entire structures that saved many churches and other buildings from destruction.
The Man Who Saved Romanian Churches From Destruction

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The 18th-century Schitul Maicilor was the first church to be moved by Iordachescu in Bucharest in 1982. Weighing 745 tons, its name means Nuns’ Convent, and it was relocated 245 meters away from its original site.

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Schitul Maicilor Church in Bucharest on October 30, 2017.

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Eugeniu Iordachescu and religious leaders supervising the relocation of Olari Orthodox Church in 1982.

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Olari Orthodox Church was saved in Bucharest, but 24 other churches were bulldozed by communist authorities in the Romanian capital.