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Bucharest (UK: / ˌ b uː k ə ˈ r ɛ s t / ⓘ BOO-kə-REST, US: / ˈ b uː k ə r ɛ s t /-rest; Romanian: București [bukuˈreʃtʲ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Romania.The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania.
Bucureștii Noi is a fast-growing district, with many houses and supermarkets being constructed in the last years in the area. The neighborhood center is dominated by a park, Park Bazilescu (also known as Nicholas Bălcescu), opposite the Bazilescu Church.
It is divided into two major sections, the northern section and the southern section. The northern section has been widened to four lanes in 2010, [2] between the Chitila and the Voluntari junctions, [3] and a cable-stayed bridge was opened along the ring road in April 2011, in the Otopeni area, which overpasses the railway ring [4] (built by a joint-venture of the Spanish company FCC and the ...
Panoramic view. Centrul Civic (Romanian: [ˈtʃentrul ˈtʃivik]; "the Civic Centre") is a district in central Bucharest, Romania, which was completely rebuilt in the 1980s as part of the scheme of systematization under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, which included the construction of new civic centres in the Romanian cities. [1]
Ferentari was the first modern industrial area of Bucharest developed in the middle of 19th century, when new industrial plants were built in the area and especially after the first railway in Romania was built (opened in 1869 and connecting Bucharest—via Filaret station—to Giurgiu).
The Bucharest Metro (Romanian: Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania.It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. [5]
The avenue in 1923 Calea Victoriei in 1935. On left is Hotel Capitol and on right is the Casa Capșa.The tall building is the Telephone Palace.. Initially, the road was known as Ulița Mare (Large Street), [1] also known as Drumul Brașovului (Brașov Road), being part of the trade route between Bucharest and the city of Brașov, in Transylvania. [2]
Plumbuita Monastery. The village of Colentina located near the Plumbuita Monastery was first mentioned on the map of H. C. Schütz of 1780 and on I. F. Schmidt's 1788 map. An Austrian map of 1791 shows the village as being located at the crossroad of the routes leading to Fundeni, Afumați, Ștefănești, and Pipera, with the high road bound for Bucharest. [1]