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Four places not to miss in Bucharest

Four places not to miss in Bucharest

I have to admit that Bucharest was a pleasant surprise. Bucharest has shown me a very different city from the one I imagined before my stay, and the palaces of the communist era, show a sort of “beginning of aesthetic taste” that I did not expect. The capital of Romania, at the beginning of the twentieth century, was known as “the Paris of the Balkans” for some features that reminded the French capital and, despite the profound changes due to the Second World War, the communist period and the 1989 Revolution, today the city still manages to show all these changes and passages in history with relative simplicity.
Piața Unirii I start from Piaţa Unirii (“unification square”), which was built by the dictator Ceausescu, shaving most of the old city of Bucharest to its present day, remains one of the largest squares in the city. This square is the central node in the surface and underground public transport and is dominated by the Unirea Shopping Center; the central part is embellished by a small park with fountains and numerous benches where you can sit and relax. Architecturally it has not affected me at all, if not for the park, available to everyone and the fountain (always without water), but has its own story that tells a specific period of the communist period.
Cattedrale patriarcale Not far from Piaţa Unirii is the Patriarchal Cathedral, consecrated in 1658 and dedicated to Saints Constantine and Helena. It is located on the site of the monastery “St. Constantine and Helena”, It was founded by Prince Constantin Serban Basarab (1654-1658), and the patriarchal complex consists of the Cathedral itself, the Patriarchal Palace and the Patriarchal Residence. The cathedral was built according to the architectural model of the church of the monastery of Curtea de Arges and inside it houses the relics of San Dimitrie Nuovo, the patron saint of Bucharest, inside a silver reliquary. Very particular and beautiful, a sign at the entrance indicates that the cathedral is only open in the afternoon. There is also an official website of the Romanian Patriarchate, which provides information more useful to believers than to tourists.
Mercatino di natale in piazza del parlamento Already from Piaţa Unirii, you can see in the distance the massive parliament building, Palatul Parlamentului in Romanian. It was built in 1984 by the leader of the Communist Party Nicolae Ceausescu, in the “golden age” of the dictatorial regime and today is the second largest administrative palace in the world after the Pentagon and the third largest by volume after Cape Canaveral in the United States and
Mercatino di natale in piazza del parlamento the Great Pyramid in Egypt. The building was designed by architect Anca Petrescu and consists of 12 floors, including four underground levels and a vast anti-atomic bunker, 3,100 rooms and has chandeliers with 7,000 light bulbs. Tourist can visit the building taking part in guided tours. The square in front of the parliament, which Ceausescu overlooked for his speeches, during the Christmas period was animated by an excellent Christmas market, little lived by tourists and a lot of locals. Pity, however, that the warnings about the market days marked the 27 December 2017 as the closing date (so it’s open just for Christmas).
Hanu cu tei To get an idea of how Bucharest was once and how it is changing, go for a walk around the area of Lipscani, which is part of the “civic centre” district. The main street of the area, with the same name, leads to a walk through palaces of the past, abandoned and decaying buildings and decidedly more modern atmospheres! Just off the Lipscani road, I was struck by the sight of “normal” buildings next to skyscrapers: it reminded me, far away, what happened in London with its ultra-modern skyline that keeps the Victorian houses company. The name of the area was born in 1750 when many of the markets that arrived in Bucharest came from Leipzig. Reading the names of the streets, you can get an idea of the profession (craft) that took place in there: Blanari (furriers), Selari (saddlers), Gabroveni (knife manufacturers), Sepcari (people who made hats), Zarafi (money changers), Postei (people working for the post).
Lipscani I suggest you stop at Hanu cu Tei: in the area of Lipscani, the old shops, inns and caravanserais have turned into small courtyards with clubs and shops where artists and artisans.
I chose to divide the article into two parts, so as not to become a too long list or another list of the “10 things to do”. I will tell you something more about the Bucharest with a second post (and five other things to see in Bucharest).

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