The house of Constantin Stere (1865-1936), jurist and writer, was the place where the publication of the magazine "Viata românească" was planned. Today, one can still see a wide dome built by the owner of the house to make astronomical observations.
Strada Sărăriei takes its name from the old "salt road", on which there was an intense traffic with the salt of the princely windows. It is one of the oldest streets in Iasi, being mentioned in the city plans made over 200 years ago.
This street was the birthplace and childhood of many outstanding personalities. Also, significant events in the revolutionary history of the workers in Iasi are linked to her name.
One example is Eugen Botez (known as the writer Jean Bart), who moved here with his family and became a resident of Iași by adoption. The man with a vast culture, Teodor T. Burada, was also born and lived on this street.
Teodor T. Burada (1839-1923), folklorist, theater and musicologist, was a corresponding member of the Academy. He has conducted studies on Moldovan theater, D. Cantemir's musical writings, Asia Minor and Central Europe.
With an impressive number of musical pieces notated and transmitted to posterity, Burada positioned himself before the musical folklorists of the middle of the last century, being surpassed only by Anton Pann and Dimitrie Vulpian. His father, Teodor Burada, was the first Romanian guitar teacher.
Also, personalities such as the writer Gh. Brătescu (1871-1949), the mathematician, sociologist and politician Spiru Haret (1851-1912), and the actor C. Tănase (1880-1945), who were born and grew up in Sărărie, , during the First World War, he performed in hospitals and toured for the benefit of the Red Cross to raise the morale of the wounded.
On the same street, in the house of the spouses Sofia and Ioan Nădejde (currently demolished), the editorial office of the magazine "Contemporanul" was housed, a publication that represented not only an important moment in the history of the Romanian socialist media, but also a success of the most prominent intellectuals from Iasi .
Referring to the Nădejde house, the writer Izabela Sadoveanu stated: "The house in Sărărie, this modest house, with an annex at the end of the yard, was for us the place where our fate was played out", while Jean Bart, in his memories, note: "Every day, on the way to school, I passed by an old house with windows piled up, hidden behind a large yard. On the gate, on a black board, you could read in white letters: "Revista Contemporanul".
Until 1889, this house was also inhabited by the painter Octav Băncilă, the younger brother of Sofia Nădejde.
Source: Iași Municipality and surroundings (Ministry of Tourism, 1980)
