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About Bucharest
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Bucharest is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is located in the southeast of the country and lies on the banks of the Dambovita River. It was originally known as Dambovita citadel. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of the "Paris of the East" or "Little Paris".
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Cotroceni Palace
Local name: "Palatul Cotroceni"
Local phonetic: [Pah`lah`tool - Coh`troh`chenie]
Photo courtesy of Ici.ro
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1 Geniului Bld., Bucharest
State of Bucharest, Romania
+40 (21) 317-3106
The Cotroceni Palace is a part of the Cotroceni National Museum which is a specialized institution focused upon reflecting the history of the Medieval and Modern Cotroceni, upon the evolution and transformations that came up in time. The Cotroceni palace, church and monastery reflect a three-century history that interweaves political, military, diplomatic, religious and cultural aspects, directly with the general evolution of Romanian society. By its themes and holdings, the Cotroceni National Museum exhibits a rich range of values belonging to our national art, as well as to Romanian and world decorative art. The Cantacuzinian space seems to be a most suitable place for organizing a presentation of some old art objects that only give an outline of the exceptiobal value of the respective epoch. Among the most remarcable objects exhibited are the richly adorned tombstones, an expression of the admirable art of the stoneworkers and decorators, as well as carvings that prove the vigour of the Cantacuzinian and Brancovenian art and architecture.
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Palace of the Parliament
Local name: "Palatul Parlamentului"
Local phonetic: [Pah`lah`tool - Pahr`lah`mehn`too`louie]
Photo courtesy of Roman Klementschitz (GNU)
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Dealul Arsenalului, Bucharest
State of Bucharest, Romania
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest is one of the world's largest buildings. Its original name was the House of the People (Casa Poporului [Cah`sah - Poh`poh`roo`louie]), but it was renamed (in the post-Communist era) first during the 1989 Revolution with the derogatory name of House of Ceausescu and then as the Palace of the Parliament. The structure combines elements and motifs from multiple sources, in an eclectic postmodernist architectural style. Edward Behr (food specialist who became famous by authoring The Artful Eater) wrote that "the combination of cultural and aesthetic illiteracy, rigid Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy and an innate taste for gigantism was devastating" for the architecture of the edifice.
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