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Bucharest

Capital of Roumania
 

Bucharest is located at 60 km of the Danube, 125 km of Carpates and 260km of the Black Sea.

Formerly named Quoted of Dambovitza, it bears the current name since strong a long time, in accordance with a document signed on September 20, 1459 leaves prince Vlad Tepes (Vlad Empalor), he had established his second home, and the Court was located at Targoviste.
Capital of the Plain Principalities Rumanian in 1859, Bucharest became the capital of Romania in 1862.

Capital Bucharest of Romania, with its 2.000.000 inhabitants of first city in Romania in terms of size and importance (political, economic, operations banking financial, commercial, cultural scientist, tourist) located at the same latitude as Genova (Italy), Bordeaux (France), Minneapolis (the United States), surrounded by multitudes lakes, decorated willow and poplars.

Its environment, structures, elegance, and its exuberance was worth to him the title of "small Paris». Today the atmosphere of formerly can be found in the streets around the avenue Calea Mositor.

During between two wars, in the libraries, the streets, the corridors of faculties of Bucharest, one could meet the future celebrities; Mircea Eliade, Emile Cioran, Eugene Ionesco, Sergiu Celibidache.

Bucharest keeps the university tradition of town. Its faculties gave personalities in all the fields; art, science, architecture, medicine, philosophy, music, fine art, industry.

The Rumanian Academy was founded in 1878, its library of a great richness, increases its collections each year.

Vestiges History

The Cour hurdy-gurdy represents the traces of a political center and administrative important of Walachia, medieval buildings more significant (15th-18èmes centuries) in the current city.
The fortress, built during the reign of Vlad Tepes (much more extremely and larger than the precedents). Today, one can visit one museum has opened sky, the catacombs, the columns of the room of conference.

The new court (or burned Court) was set up by Alexandru Ipsilanti in 1776, seriously damaged by earthquakes and fires nowadays, have apercoi a part of the walls and cellars.
The Hospital of Coltea the first in Bucharest in 1704, built by Michel Cantacuzino, the current building was set up in 1888 and represents one of architectural successes of the end of the 19th century.

The House of Melik (1760), the oldest civil building in Bucharest, preserved in its original form, nowadays, it shelters a museum.

The Inn of Manuc, establish by large Manuc commercial bey, in first decade of the 19th century, nowadays, one of the monuments the histories and architectural most important in Bucharest.

The Palate of Ghica (1822), it was built by Grigore Dimitrie Ghica, one of the most imposing buildings, monument representative of the model neo-classic of Walachia.

The Palate of Stirbei (1835), in the neo-classic model, was established to him according to the forecasts of the French architect Sanjouand. This building elegant and light, with the Greek elements, belonged during one moment to the family of prince Stirbei, nowadays, it shelters the museum of ceramics and of glass.

The Palate of Sutu (1833-1834), Foreign Minister of Costache Grigore. Built in the Neo gothic style, with elements of model of Novel. It was one of the most attended palates city at the 19th century, currently, it shelters the museum of history and art of Bucharest.

The Palate of the university (1857-1869), it was built according to forecasts of Al Orascu of architect, who was helped with decoration them external walls by K. Storck. In this massive construction, there function the oldest establishment of the education of university with Bucharest.

The Palate of Cotroceni (1893), was built according to forecasts' of the French architect, Paul Gottereau, as a permanent residence of prince Ferdinand. The palate is located at the medium of a beautiful garden, it many elements of Rumanian architecture hold; currently, it is employee like residence of the president of the Rumanian republic.

The palate of Justice-(1890-1895), it was built on the model French of the Rebirth, according to the forecasts of the architect, construction of A. Ballu, it was finished by Ion Mincu. Statues with the entry are the work of K. Storck and symbolize the law, the rigour, justice, the truth, the force, prudence.

The Palate "Cantacuzino"(1898-1900), it was built in the model French baroque, the interior walls are rich in decorations and paintings, nowadays, it accomodates the museum George Enescu.

The palate of the Parliament (1984-1989), it is administrative construction largest in Europe. It with hundreds of offices, halls for receptions, for the meetings scientific, cultural, social, policy, a dozen rooms of conference. It covers a surface interior of 265.000 m2, it are the larger second in the world after the building of the Pentagon in Washington. It is the third in the world in what relates to its volume, after the building of Cape Canaveral with The United States (where the rockets are assembled) and after the pyramid of Quetzalcoatl in Mexico.

In Bucharest, the music is with the honor many philharmonic concerts just like the theatre occupies there a privileged place, exposures of painting of ceramics, mode.
 

In Bucharest, the music is with the honor many philharmonic concerts just like the theatre occupies there a privileged place, exposures of painting of ceramics, mode.

The museum of the village on its 17ha bathed by water of the lake Herastau, have can admire there traditional houses of all the area of Romania.

Other museum: the museum of Geology, the museum of natural history "Grigore Antipa".

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