Iancu Jianu (1787 - 1842) spent a part of his life in this house, a personality of Caracal history, coming from a family of middle boyars whose members performed various functions both in the reign and in the local administration of the county. Outlaw for seven years in Oltenia, he is the hero of several folk songs. He participated in the Revolution of 1821. The house was probably built by the cupbearer Costache Jianu, Iancu's father, at the end of the 18th century, being a construction with a ground floor, first floor and a cellar. The ground floor has a floor below ground level of about 20 centimeters and consists of three modestly sized rooms, probably a kitchen and food storage spaces,... the main entrance having massive oak doors with iron hinges handmade by blacksmiths of the time. Upstairs are three living rooms and an enclosed glass porch that faces north, as does the main entrance to the house. The cellar is provided with battlements in the south wall and small windows, probably used in case of a siege. The monumental ensemble includes the house, the outbuildings of the house and the hut. After the reconstruction of the house, it became the memorial section "Iancu Jianu" of the Museum of Romanaţi Area, which was inaugurated on September 29, 1959. The house itself and the valuable pieces it contains in the inventory (inkwell and brush, flint pistols, shotgun, chimera, water, personal items, pieces of furniture and household items, photographs and documents of the Jianu family), convincingly illustrates the way of life and social unrest of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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