Bucharest – Sightseeing
In Bucharest, you don't pay to enter most churches and monasteries, although voluntary donations are welcome. A ticket to the museum rarely costs more than 0,75 $, and with an ISIC card even less.
Center
In the southern part of the center, wokół piata Unirii, part of the old Bucharest has been preserved. On the north-eastern side of the square, I ask for Bratianu Boulevard, the CFR International Office is located. Entering a nearby alley and turning left on the Iuliu Maniu strada, you come to the old town. Hanul Manuc is standing on the left (1808), an old inn with a beautiful garden, next to it, the first seat of the Multanah hospodars (Multany, rum. Muntenia, it is part of the Wallachian Plain east of the Aluta River) – Hospodarski manor (Voivodal Palace), a na prawo Curtea Veche (old church; 1546), the oldest church in the city and the oldest monument in the city, erected by Mircza Ciobanu. The church suffered many times during the Tatar invasions and from fires, but at the end of the years 20. In the 1980s, it largely regained its original shape. The brackets deserve special attention, architectural element of Moldavian origin, and a richly decorated stone portal, built at the beginning of the 18th century.
There is another interesting church nearby, Stavropoleos (1724). You have to go from the square along Iulia Maniu street to the west and by the large white church of St.. Antoniego Street, turn right into the Postei strada; The Stavropoleos can be seen on the left. The architecture of the temple is easy to see Italian influences, although the solution of the solid and the decoration are examples of native Romanian style. The open porch is a real gem, supported by stone columns decorated with lace carvings. The name of the church comes from a town on the Balkan Peninsula, where the founder of the church, lawyer Ioaniche, gained the title of metropolitan. On Sundays, Fr. 10.00 in the Stavropoleos church, services with a beautiful vocal setting are held here.
Behind the church is the most important museum in Bucharest: historical Museum (gum. pn.), located in the former Palace of the Post Office (1900) przy calea Victoriei. 41 exhibition halls on two floors present the history of the country from prehistoric times to World War I.. The greatest attraction are the unusual treasures gathered in the underground, collections of gold items and gemstones. There you can also see plaster casts of all the bas-reliefs of the Trajan's Column standing in Rome, commemorating the Roman conquest of Dacia (in addition to this, only the Vatican museum has copies of the famous column's reliefs). Most of the rooms have information boards in English and French.
Calea Victoriei leads north( the main shopping street of the capital. The red brick building on the left is the Cretulescu Church (1722), severely damaged during the revolution in 1989 r.: to this day, there are bullet holes on the walls, also on nearby buildings. Even further north is the Palace of the Republic (1937), once a royal residence, a do 1989 r. seat of the State Council. During the revolution, fierce battles took place here, as a result, the collection of Romanian and European art was severely damaged, property of the National Museum of Art, occupying four floors of the palace. The palace was renovated, but only a small part of the museum was open to visitors, by sharing a modest fragment of the collection. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Piata Revolutiei was the focus of the most important events 1989 year. Here Ceausescu gave his memorable last speech – from the balcony of the then headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1950), long building made of white stone, opposite the church of Cretulescu. Securitate forces occupied most of the adjoining buildings, still densely riddled with shells by the army that was firing at them at that time. University Library standing between the Central Committee building and the Romanian Athenaeum (1895) also suffered losses, but it was rebuilt.
About those, who died during the revolution 1989 r., it is supposed to resemble the skeleton of a dilapidated building just behind the library, untouched since then, bearing numerous traces of bullets.
Romanian Neoclassical Athenaeum (Romanian Athenaeum,- 1888) it currently houses a philharmonic hall. In front of the building there is a monument to the romantic poet Mihai Eminescu. At the box office you can ask about the program of events. The most expensive places cost money 3 $.
Take the Victory Way 107 there is a Museum of Ceramics. Nearby Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of Art Collections; closed. pn. i wt.) was created from the amalgamation of the collections of several private collections; especially worth seeing are the outstanding works of the 19th-century painter Nicolae Grigourescu.
Another important city artery, bule-vardul General Magheru and boulevard Nicolae BSlcescu, runs parallel to the cale of Victoriei. In the local cafes, the inhabitants of Bucharest meet in the summer, to drink a beer and chat. Thż next, towards the north, The Bucharest School of Architecture is housed in a few gray 19th-century buildings.
The famous fountain in front of the Nicolae Grigourescu boulevard is decorated with the slogans "Neo-Communist-free zone” and "Fuck you, Mr. President”. It was here that the student anti-government demonstrations in June took place 1990 r., which miners faithful to the post-revolution regime brutally opposed. See the University Square in Bucharest and the Museum of Bucharest (1835 r.; za-mk. pn.), a city museum showing the development of Bucharest over the centuries.