The Concordia Hotel is a former hotel building and a historic monument on Strada Smârdan in the old town of Bucharest.
The Concordia Hotel was built in 1852 and had 90 rooms. On the night of 23 to 24 January 1859, one of the most important political meetings in the Romanian history took place in one of the rooms on the first floor. After Alexander Ion Cuza had already been elected Prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859, that night in the Concordia Hotel it was decided to also elect him as Prince of Wallachia. This double election ultimately led to the unification of the two principalities called the ‘Little Union’ which paved the way for the later ‘Great Union’ of 1918.
The hotel suffered severe damage during fires in 1884 and 1901, but was restored both times. After the building had been neglected for a long time it became in an advanced state of decay, but a recent renovation has turned it back into operation as a hotel.
