MariusPBucharest short history and travel tips…
The Bucharest municipality is located in the south-east of the country, where several hundred years ago Vlăsia Forest was located from which today a few small trees of forest are kept.
The Dâmbovița River crosses the city, and the lake lounge in the north of the capital provides coolness and moisture during the summer days. The dispute for founding this city seems to be balanced between the shepherd Bucur, the candidate of tradition and legend, and by controversial Vlad The Impaler (Vlad Țepeș), the man of the first known document, which testifies the existence of the Romanian capital on September 20, 1459. In fact, historical and mainly archaeological research revealed the remains of a fortress, probably the first, dating back to the second half of the 14th century. Bucharest is born around that first fortification of 160 meters, there will be picturesque one by one the Royal Court, the church of Mircea Cioban (1558-1559), the paths of merchants and craftsmen, in a word the political and cultural city.
The city grew gradually, coagulating around the old historical center the surrounding villages. Dâmbovița was a binder of the urban settlement that sought its natural dimensions, extending northwards in the lake area. The memory of the old villages is still remembered today in the memory of the Bucharest inhabitants, whose names such as Berceni, Floreasca, Colentina or Pantelimon are familiar as part of the capital.
In 1659, Bucharest became the capital of Valahia. The city is developing, there are many churches, large fortified inns and the first wood-barbed art, the Mogoșoaia Bridge (1692), later renamed Calea Victoriei in 1878.
In the 19th century the city was modernized as the capital of Romania, accomplished by the unification of Moldavia with Valahia in 1859. At that time, it is considered the largest city in Southeast Europe after Istanbul. Pavement appears, first of all from wood, then from granite by Scotland and Sicily, lighting, channeling and public parks. Toward the end of the century, the two axes, North-South and East-West, which structure the city, are drawn. Moreover, Carol I (1866-1914) is the time of the great buildings representative of Bucharest: The Romanian Athenaeum (1888), the Carol I Foundation (1891), the Ministry of Agriculture (1894), the Palace of Justice (1890-1895), the Post Palace(1894-1900), the Palace of Sturdza (1899), the CEC Palace (1900), the Patriarchy Palace (1907), the Military circle 1912 ,Athene Palace Hotel 1914, etc.
After World War I (1914-1918), Bucharest becomes one of the most beautiful European capitals, with the brilliance of cultural and social life, atmosphere and architecture rightly being called “little Paris”. Bucharest, a city with a rank of municipality (since February 17, 1968), with the status of a special administrative unit (similar to the county), remains throughout the time the capital of Romania and, at the same time, the most important political, economic, financial-banking, commercial, cultural-scientific, educational, cultural, cultural, cultural, educational, information, sporting and tourism center of the country. The population with a residence in Bucharest of over two million inhabitants, ranks him sixth in the hierarchy of capitals in the European Union.
The capital currently has the same administrative level as a county and is divided into six sectors. I would like you to take into consideration this Information about Bucharest short history and travel tips for your next journey to Romania.
