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Bucharest Tourist Sights
UNIRII SQUARE
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Unirii Square (meaning "Union Square" in Romanian) is one of the largest squares in central Bucharest, located in center of the city where Sectors 1, 2, 3, and 4 meet. It is bisected by Unirii Boulevard, originally built during the Communist era as the Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism, and renamed after the Romani ... read more |
HERASTRAU PARK
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Herastrau Park (Romanian: Parcul Herastrau ) is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herastrau.
The park has an area of about 1.1 km², of which 0.7 km² is the lake. Initially, the area was full of marshes, but these were drained between 1930 and 1935, and the park was opened in 19 ... read more |
CAROL PARK
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Carol Park (Romanian: Parcul Carol) is a public park in Bucharest, Romania, named after King Carol I of Romania. For the duration of the communist regime, it was called Liberty Park (Parcul Libertăţii).
The park was designed by French landscape artist Édouard Redont in 1900 on Filaret Hill and ina ... read more |
PALACE OF PARLIAMENT
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The Palace of the Parliament (in Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) in Bucharest, Romania is one of the world's largest buildings. Its original name was the House of the People (Casa Poporului), but it was renamed (in the post-Communist era) first during the 1989 Revolution with the derogatory name of House of Ceau?escu ... read more |
VILLAGE MUSEUM
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The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herastrau Park (Bucharest, Romania), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.
It was created ... read more |
TRIUMPH ARCH
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The Triumphal arch is located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.
The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained its independence (1878), so that the victorious troops could march under it. Another temporary arch was built on the same site, in 1922, after Wor ... read more |
