Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti ) is the capital city, industrial, and commercial centre of Romania. It is Romania's largest city. It is located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River. It was originally known as Dâmboviţa citadel. By European standards, Bucharest is not an old city, its existence first being referred to by scholars as late as 1459. Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of historical, interbellum, Communist-era and modern. 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" (Micul Paris). Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes and Nicolae Ceauşescu's program of systematization, many survived. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom. According to January 2006 official estimates, Bucharest proper has a population of 1,930,390. The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2.1 million people. Adding the satellite towns around the urban area, the metropolitan area of Bucharest has a population of 2.6 million people. Bucharest is the 6th largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. Economically, the city is the most prosperous in Romania and is one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. As the most developed city in Romania, Bucharest also has a broad range of educational facilities. The city proper is administratively known as the Municipality of Bucharest (Municipiul Bucureşti), and has the same administrative level as a county, being further subdivided into six sectors. (more)
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Sectors of Bucharest:
The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) is divided into six administrative sectors (sectoare in Romanian), each of which has their own mayor and council, and has responsibility over local affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, scho
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Dâmboviţa River:
The Dâmboviţa River is a river in Romania. It starts at the junction of headwaters Valea Vladului and Boarcăşu, having its source in the Făgăraş Mountains, and flowing southward. It passes through Bucharest and flows into the Argeş River 258 kilometr
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Systematization (Romania):
Systematization in Romania refers to a program of urban planning carried out under Nicolae Ceauşescu's communist regime. Ceauşescu was impressed by ideological mobilization and mass adulation in North Korea's Juche ideology during his Asia visit in 1
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Coat of arms of Bucharest:
The Coat of arms of Bucharest is the heraldic symbol standing for Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The present-day coat of arms was created during the rule of Domnitor Alexander John Cuza; changed under the Communist regime, it was used again, with
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Nicolae Ceauşescu:
Nicolae Ceauşescu ( ) (January 26, 1918-December 25,1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when a revolution and coup removed him from power. The self-called revolutionaries' representatives held a two-hour trial and sentenced
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FC Steaua Bucureşti:
FC Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club from Ghencea, south-west Bucharest. They are the most successful Romanian football team ever in European competitions as well in the Romanian Liga I (23 championship wins).They became the
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Braşov:
Braşov ( ; Brassó; Kronstadt; Medieval Latin: Brassovia or Corona) is a city in Romania and the capital of Braşov County, with a population of 284,596, according to the 2002 census, is the 7th largest Romanian city, after Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timi
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Ilfov County:
Ilfov ('il.fov) is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs
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Bucharest World Trade Center:
The Bucharest World Trade Center is a business centre in Bucharest, Romania. Among other things, it houses the headquarters of Michelin Romania, ABN AMRO Bank as well as Bucharest's Sofitel Hotel.
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Botanical Garden of Bucharest:
The Botanical Garden of Bucharest, now named after its founder, Dimitrie Brândză, is located in the Cotroceni neighbourhood of Bucharest, Romania. It has a surface of 17.5 hectares (including 4,000 m² of greenhouses), and has more than 10,000 species
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Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti:
This article is about the Romanian public transport operator. For the British-based Cuba solidarity organisation, see Rock Around the Blockade Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti (RATB) is a public transport operator in Bucharest, Romania. It opera
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Bucharest Metro:
The Bucharest Metro (Metroul Bucureşti in Romanian) is an underground urban railway network that serves the capital of Romania, Bucharest. The network is run by Metrorex. It is one of the most accessed systems of the Bucharest public transport networ
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Palace of the Parliament:
The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) in Bucharest, Romania is a multi-purpose building containing both chambers of the Romanian Parliament. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Palace is the world's largest c
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National Theatre Bucharest:
The National Theatre Bucharest (Teatrul Naţional "Ion Luca Caragiale" Bucureşti) is the national theatre of Romania, located in the capital Bucharest.
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Henri Coandă International Airport:
Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă) is the busiest airport in Romania, as well as one of the two airports serving Bucharest. (The other airport is Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu). IATA code for Bucharest - all a
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Adevărul:
Adevărul (The Truth) is a Romanian newspaper, based in Bucharest. With a circulation of over 100,000 daily, it has one of the largest audiences of all Romanian-language papers.
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Călăraşi:
Călăraşi (/kə.lə'raʃʲ/), the capital of Călăraşi County is situated in south-east of Romania, in Wallachia, on the bank of Borcea branch of the Danube, at about 12 kilometers from the Bulgarian border and 125 kilometers from Bucharest. The city is an
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Romanian Open:
The BCR Open Romania is an ATP tennis tournament taking place September every year in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament was first held in 1993, with Goran Ivanišević winning the singles title. The tournament has yet to see a Romanian singles winner
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Aurel Vlaicu International Airport:
Bucharest "Aurel Vlaicu" Airport (largely known as Băneasa Airport or Bucharest City Airport) is located in Băneasa district, Bucharest, Romania. It was Bucharest's only airport until 1968, when the Otopeni Airport was built. The decision of buildin
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Militari:
Militari is a district in the western part of Bucharest, in Sector 6, built in the early 1960s by Soviet workers, after completely razing the village called Militari. It is home to about 100,000 inhabitants. The district is very compact and it was bu
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Observator Cultural:
Observator Cultural ("The Cultural Observer") is a literary magazine based in Bucharest, Romania. It covers Romania's cultural and arts scene.
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A1 (Romania):
Currently, the A1 (Autostrada A1 in Romanian) is a 127-kilometer motorway linking Bucharest, the capital of Romania, with Piteşti, a city in Argeş County. The A1 was the first freeway to be built in Romania, constructed in the 1960s during the Gheorg
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National Museum of Art of Romania:
The National Museum of Art of Romania (Romanian: Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României) is located in the former royal palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1937. It features notable collections of medieval and modern Ro
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University Square, Bucharest:
University Square (Romanian: Piaţa Universităţii) is located in downtown Bucharest, near the University of Bucharest. Four statues are located in the University Square, in front of the University; they depict Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1879), Michael the
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Gara de Nord:
Gara de Nord Bucureşti (North Station in English) is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to/from Bucharest originate from Gara de Nord.
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Mineriad:
A Mineriad (Mineriadă in Romanian) is the parody term used to name any of the successive violent interventions of miners in Bucharest. These interventions were aimed at wrestling policy changes or simply material advantages from the current political
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Calea Victoriei:
Calea Victoriei (Victory Avenue) is a major avenue in central Bucharest. It leads from Splaiul Independenţei (which runs parallel to the Dâmboviţa River) to the north and then northwest up to Piaţa Victoriei, where Şoseaua Kiseleff continues north.
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Lia Manoliu Stadium:
The Lia Manoliu Stadium (Stadionul Lia Manoliu in Romanian) was a multi-use stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium held 60,120. It was built in 1953, for the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students. It wa
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Gândul:
Gândul ('gɨn.dul, "The Thought") is a Romanian daily newspaper published in Bucharest. It was founded in May 2005 by Mircea Dinescu, who used to write a daily editorial called "Vorba lu' Dinescu", and Cristian Tudor Popescu, who was also the editor-i
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Bucur:
Bucur is the legendary Romanian shepherd who is said to have founded Bucharest, giving its name to it. While the legend about the shepherd is probably apocryphal, the name of Bucureşti is quite likely derived from a person Bucur, as the suffix -eşti
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Bucharest Stock Exchange:
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori Bucureşti in Romanian) is a stock exchange in Bucharest, capital of Romania. On December 1, 2005, Bucharest's electronic over-the-counter stock market, Rasdaq, was merged with the Bucharest Stock Exchange
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Curtea Veche:
Curtea Veche (the Old Princely Court), built as a place or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in the 15th century, now operates as a museum in the centre of Bucharest, Romania. The residence was moved under the rule of Radu cel Frumos, who
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Cotroceni:
Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in western Bucharest, Romania located around the Cotroceni hill, in Bucharest's Sector 6. The Hill of Cotroceni was once covered by the forest of Vlăsia, which covered most of today's Bucharest. Here, in 1679 a monastery
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Regie Stadium:
Stadionul Regie is a multi-use stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Sportul Studenţesc. The stadium has 12,000 seats .
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GayFest:
GayFest is the annual gay pride festival of Bucharest, Romania, which first took place in 2004 and now occurs in May-June of each year, lasting for nearly a week. It is organised by the non-profit organisation ACCEPT, the country's largest lesbian, g
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Berceni, Bucharest:
Berceni is a district (quarter, cartier in Romanian) of Bucharest. The hussars of Miklós Bercsényi were first mentioned after the suppression of the Hungarian Kuruc War led by Francis II Rákóczi (at beginning of the 18th century). They settled in the
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Băneasa:
Băneasa /bə'ne̯a.sa/ is a borough (Romanian: cartier) in the north side of Bucharest, near the Băneasa Lake (0.45 km²). Like all north-side districts of Bucharest, it is relatively sparsely-populated, with large areas of parkland. Băneasa has the Aur
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Stadionul Dinamo:
Dinamo Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Dinamo Bucureşti. The stadium holds 15,600 and was built in 1956. In 2006 began the renovation of the stadium, by
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Romanian Athenaeum:
The Romanian Athenaeum (Romanian: Ateneul Român) is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's main concert hall and home of the "
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Mayor of Bucharest:
The Mayor of Bucharest (Primarul General al Municipiului Bucureşti in Romanian) is the head of the Bucharest City Hall, which is responsible for city-wide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards. The mayor is s
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Piaţa Unirii:
Piaţa Unirii (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 th
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Theodor Pallady:
Theodor Pallady (April 11 1871, Iaşi—August 16 1956, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter.
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Casa Presei Libere:
Casa Presei Libere (The House of the Free Press) is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the highest one in the city until 2007. Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. The building was named Combinatul Poligrafic Casa Scînteii "I
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A2 (Romania):
The A2 motorway, nicknamed The Sun's Motorway (Autostrada Soarelui in Romanian) is a partially built motorway in Romania which will, upon completion, link Bucharest to Constanţa, a city-port at the Black Sea shore. As of August 2007, 152 km of the mo
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Libertatea:
Libertatea (The Liberty in Romanian) is a Romanian tabloid newspaper published in Bucharest. It features a bikini girl as the "Page Five Girl". The newspaper is generally socially-progressive in values and has a social liberal political viewpoint, in
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Golaniad:
The Golaniad (Romanian: Golaniada from the word golan meaning hoodlum) was a protest in Romania in the University Square, Bucharest. It was initiated by students and professors at the University of Bucharest. The Golaniad started in April 1990, befor
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Griviţa:
Griviţa (/'gri.vi.ʦa/) is an area of Bucharest, Romania, centered on the Griviţa Railway Yards (Atelierele Căi Ferate Griviţa), which were and still are an important landmark within the manufacturing landscape of the city. Located near Gara de Nord,
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Vitan:
Vitan is a neighborhood in southeastern Bucharest, Romania, along the Dâmboviţa River, located between Titan, Dristor, Centrul Civic, Olteniţei and Berceni. Its name comes from the Romanian family name "Vitan", presumably a Transylvanian name. Though
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Obor:
Obor is the name of a square and the surrounding district of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. There is also a Bucharest Metro station named Obor, which lies in this area. Obor stands in the place of "Târgul Moşilor", a fair famous throughout Wallac
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Village Museum:
The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herăstrău Park (Bucharest, Romania), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m 2 , and contains 272 authentic p
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Rahova:
Rahova is a neighbourhood of southwest Bucharest, Romania, situated in Sector 5, west of Dâmboviţa River. It is named after the Bulgarian town Rahovo (today Oryahovo), site of a battle in the Romanian War of Independence. The neighborhood stretches f
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Transport in Bucharest:
Bucharest boasts the largest transport network in Romania, and one of the largest in Europe. The Bucharest transport network is made up of a metro network and a surface transport network. Although there are multiple connection points, the two systems
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Piaţa Romană:
Piaţa Romană (meaning "Roman Square" in Romanian) is a major traffic intersection in Sector 1, central Bucharest. The most important of the streets meeting at Piaţa Romană are Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard (which runs northwest towards Piaţa Victoriei) a
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Dristor:
Dristor is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of Bucharest. Nearby districts include Dudeşti, Vitan, Văcăreşti and Titan. The Dristor metro station is a major node of Bucharest Metro's network. Between the two World Wars, Dristor contain
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Centrul Civic:
Centrul Civic (literally "the Civic Center") is a portion of Bucharest, Romania which was completely rebuilt as part of the scheme of systematization under the dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. Bucharest had taken significant damage due to Allied bombing d
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Stadionul Ghencea:
Ghencea Stadium (or Ghencea) (Romanian: Stadionul Ghencea) is a football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, home of FC Steaua Bucureşti. Also called Steaua Stadium, it was inaugurated in April 9 1974 when Steaua Bucharest played a friendly game against O
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Gardianul:
Gardianul ("The Guardian") is a Romanian daily newspaper published in Bucharest. It claims to have an anti-corruption stance, investigating organised crime and high-level corruption. The newspaper was founded by Şerban Roibu, the son of a Social Demo
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Pipera:
Pipera is a district situated in the north of Bucharest, Romania. Until 1995, it was an ordinary village. After that, an "el dorado" of land transactions began. Plots of land that were 1 USD/m² reached in 2005 the amount of 250 USD/m². In this time,
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Romanian National Opera:
The Romanian National Opera (Opera Naţională in Romanian) is the national opera of Romania, situated in a historical building in Bucharest near the Cotroceni neighbourhood. The first opera performed there was Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades 9 January 1
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State Jewish Theater (Romania):
Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat (TES, the State Jewish Theater) in Bucharest, Romania is a theater specializing in Jewish-related plays. Its contemporary repertoire includes plays by Jewish authors, plays on Jewish topics, and plays in Yiddish (which are pe
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Drumul Taberei:
Drumul Taberei (approx. Road of the Camp) is a neighbourhood located in the south-west of Bucharest, Romania, roughly between Timişoara Avenue (south of Plaza România and the Cotroceni Railway Station) and Ghencea Avenue, neighboring Militari to the
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Arcul de Triumf:
Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch 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
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National Museum of Romanian History:
The National Museum of Romanian History (Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României) is a museum on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times. The permanent displays inclu
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Herăstrău Park:
Herăstrău Park (Parcul Herăstrău ) is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău. 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
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Giuleşti:
Giuleşti (pronounced /ʤju.leʃtʲ/) is a neighbourhood in northwestern Bucharest, in Sector 6. The Giuleşti Stadium, Giuleşti Theatre, Podul Grant are located in Giuleşti. Also, the Griviţa Railway Yards and Lacul Morii are located nearby. The Giulesti
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Ziarul:
Ziarul is a Romanian daily newspaper published in Bucharest.
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Ceauşima:
During the final few years of the presidency of Nicolae Ceauşescu , who ruled Romania from 1965 until 1989, significant portions of the historic center of Bucharest, Romania's capital, were demolished to accommodate standardized apartment blocks and
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Zambaccian Museum:
The Zambaccian Museum in Bucharest, Romania is a museum in the former home of Krikor Zambaccian (1889 -1962), an Armenian businessman and art collector. The museum was founded in 1947, closed by the Ceauşescu regime in 1977, and re-opened in 1992. It
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Titan, Bucharest:
Titan is a neighborhood of Eastern Bucharest, part of Sector 3. It surrounds the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Park, formerly known as "Titan", "I.O.R." (Intreprinderea Optică Română), and "Balta Albă" (The White Pond). Before the 20th century, the plagued use
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Revolution Square, Bucharest:
Revolution Square (Romanian: Piaţa Revoluţiei) is a square in central Bucharest, on Calea Victoriei. Known as Piaţa Palatului (Palace Square) until 1989, it was later renamed after the 1989 Romanian Revolution. The former Royal Palace (now the Nation
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National Museum of Contemporary Art (Romania):
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (Muzeul Naţional de Artă Contemporană, or MNAC, in Romanian) is a contemporary art museum in Bucharest, Romania. The museum is located in a new glass wing of the Palace of the Parliament, the largest building i
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Lipscani:
Lipscani is a street and a district of Bucharest, Romania, which in the Middle Ages was the most important commercial center of Bucharest and the whole Wallachia. It is located near the ruins of the old Princely Court built by Vlad III the Impaler.
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Cotroceni Palace:
Cotroceni Palace is a palace of Bucharest which is the residence of the President of Romania, located at Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1. On Cotroceni hill, in 1679, Şerban Cantacuzino built a monastery. This was the place where a palace was built by Fren
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Sorin Oprescu:
Micul chirurg-marele politician (born November 7, 1951 in Bucharest) is a Romanian independent politician and medical doctor who is currently serving as Mayor of Bucharest.
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Cişmigiu Gardens:
The Cişmigiu Gardens (Grădina Cişmigiu) are a public park near the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake. The gardens' creation was an important moment in the history of Bucharest. They form the oldest and, a
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Dudeşti, Bucharest:
Dudeşti is a neighbourhood in south-eastern Bucharest, along the Calea Dudeşti. Nearby neighbourhoods include Vitan, Văcăreşti and Dristor. The mesolithic Dudeşti culture (5th-4th millennium BC), which encompassed most of the Romanian Plain and Dobru
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Bucharest Ring:
The Bucharest Ring (Romanian: Bucharestring) is a street race track in the Romanian capital city of Bucharest. Designed by famed track designer Hermann Tilke, the circuit is in the city centre, and has the Palace of the Parliament in its infield. In
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Bombing of Bucharest in World War II:
The bombing of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) in World War II comprised operations by the Allies and Axis Powers at separate intervals in 1944. The first one was carried out by the American Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the British Royal Air Force
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Stadionul Giuleşti - Valentin Stănescu:
Giuleşti Stadium (Stadionul Giuleşti) is a football stadium in Bucharest, Romania; it is the home stadium of Rapid Bucureşti. Construction started in the year 1936 and the stadium was inaugurated on 10 June 1939. At the time, it was the most modern s
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Palatul Telefoanelor:
Palatul Telefoanelor ("the Telephone Palace") is an art deco style building in Bucharest, Romania. Until 1970, the 52.5 meter building was the tallest building in Romania. The Great Depression that began with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 strongly im
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General Council of Bucharest:
The General Council of Bucharest (Consiliul General al Municipiului Bucureşti in Romanian) is the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest, and is made up of 55 councillors elected every four years. Together with the Mayor of Bucharest and t
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Crângaşi:
Crângaşi is one of the smallest neighbourhoods in the 6th Sector of Bucharest, Romania. It is situated on the west side of the city near the Dâmboviţa River, where it flows into Lacul Morii. Its name means "people living in a young forest". Nearby ne
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Unirea Shopping Center:
Unirea Shopping Center is a shopping mall located in Unirii Square, Bucharest, Romania. Opened in the 1990s, it was the first modern shopping center in Bucharest, with part of it being built in a former Ceauşescu-era hunger circus. The closest metro
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Văcăreşti, Bucharest:
Văcăreşti is a neighbourhood in south-eastern Bucharest, located near Dâmboviţa River and the Văcăreşti Lake. Nearby neighbourhoods include Vitan, Olteniţei and Berceni. Originally a village, it was included in Bucharest as it expanded. Its name is r
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Pantelimon, Bucharest:
Pantelimon is a neighborhood located in the north-eastern part of Bucharest, Romania, in Sector 2. Outside Bucharest, there is an adjacent town named Pantelimon, administered separately. The Pantelimon district is named after Saint Pantaleon (Panteli
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Manuc's Inn:
Manuc's Inn (Romanian: Hanul lui Manuc) used to be the oldest operating hotel building in Bucharest, Romania; it also housed a restaurant, several bars, a cake shop, and (facing the street) several stores; its massive, multiply balconied courtyard ho
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Cotroceni Stadium:
Cotroceni Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Progresul Bucureşti. The stadium holds 14,542 people.
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Stavropoleos Church:
Stavropoleos Church (Romanian: Biserica Stavropoleos) is an Eastern Orthodox church, built in Brâncovenesc style, in central Bucharest, Romania. The patrons of the church (the saints to whom the church is dedicated) are St. Archangels Michael and Gab
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Sector 1 (Bucharest):
Sector 1 is a sector in Bucharest. It includes the northern part of the city centre as well as the northwestern districts of Băneasa and Pipera. It is the wealthiest sector in Bucharest.
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Bucureşti Mall:
The Bucureşti Mall is a shopping mall located in Bucharest, Romania, close to the Dudeşti and Văcăreşti neighbourhoods. Located on Calea Vitan approximately 1 km outside Bucharest's historic center, the four-story, 50,000 m² mall opened in 1999, in a
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Museum of the Romanian Peasant:
The Museum of the Romanian Peasant (Romanian: Muzeul Ţăranului Român) is a museum in Bucharest, Romania, with a collection of textiles (especially costumes), icons, ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life. One of Europe's leading museu
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Codrii Vlăsiei:
Codrii Vlăsiei was the forest that once covered parts of southern Romania, including the territory of today's Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov County. The thick forests were used by Romanians as a retreat during the age of migrations because they
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City Mall:
City Mall is a shopping mall located in Eroii Revolutiei square, Bucharest, Romania. The City Mall include: * 120 shops * 15 fast-food & restaurants * Cityplex (4 screen cinema complex) * City Mall Fashion (a series of top fashion presentations) * Pr
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Ferentari:
Ferentari (IPA: [/fe.ren'tarʲ/]) is a neighbourhood located in the 5th Sector of Bucharest, Romania.
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Tei, Bucharest:
Tei is a neighborhood in Bucharest - Sector 2. The name comes from the name of the lake in this area: Lacul Tei (Linden Tree Lake). In this neighbourhood there are a lot of linden trees, and when they are in bloom, they spread a strong scent. Tei has
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Bucharest Daily News:
Bucharest Daily News was an English-language newspaper operating out of the Romanian capital city, Bucharest, and was frequently cited as a source by the sudden influx of Romanian news articles on Wikinews. It covered everything from world and local
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Dealul Mitropoliei:
Dealul Mitropoliei (Romanian for "Metropolitanate Hill"), also called Dealul Patriarhiei or "Patriarchate Hill", is a small hill in Bucharest, Romania and an important historic, cultural, architectural, religious and touristic point in the national c
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Sala Polivalentă:
Sala Polivalentă is a multi-purpose hall in Bucharest, Romania, located in Tineretului Park. It is frequently used for concerts, indoor sports such as volleyball, exhibitions and shows, and was the venue for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, h
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Jolie Ville Galleria:
Jolie Ville Galleria is a luxury shopping centre in the town of Voluntari, near Bucharest, Romania. Opened in 2004, it is located near Bucharest's Aurel Vlaicu International Airport. It covers an area of 12,000 m². External links * / Jolie Ville Gall
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Bucharest Biennale:
The Bucharest Biennale (full name: 'Bucharest International Biennial for Contemporary Art) is a contemporary art festival held every two years in Bucharest, Romania. The first Biennale was held in 2005, with the following one held in May-June 2006. F
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Memorial of Rebirth:
The Memorial of Rebirth (Memorialul Renaşterii in Romanian) is a memorial in Bucharest, Romania that commemorates the struggles and victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism. The memorial complex was inaugurated in August
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Şapte Seri:
Şapte Seri ("Seven Evenings") is a free leaflet-sized weekly magazine about goings-on in Bucharest, Romania. It is written largely in Romanian with a smattering of English. The magazine appeared on June 12th, 1998, in 16 pages, full-color and 17 000
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Casa Radio:
Casa Radio is an unfinished Romanian building in Bucharest, near Cotroceni, on the shore of the Dâmboviţa River. It was erected during the late 1980s by the Communist regime over the terrain which used to be the Bucharest Hippodrome before World War
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Theodor Pallady Museum:
The Theodor Pallady Museum is a museum situated in one of the oldest surviving merchant houses in Bucharest, Romania. It includes many works by the well-known Romanian painter Theodor Pallady, as well as a number of European and Oriental furniture pi
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Howard Johnson Hotel Bucharest:
Howard Johnson Hotel Bucharest is a 70 m high, five star hotel in Bucharest. The building has 18 floors and 285 luxury rooms. There are also 3 underground floors that serve as a parking space for around 200 cars.
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Museum of Art Collections:
The Museum of Art Collections is a branch of the National Museum of Art of Romania and is situated in Bucharest. It contains 44 collections donated to the Romanian State beginning with 1927 by the families of: Hurmuz Aznavorian, Dumitru and Maria Şte
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Bucureştii Noi:
Bucureştii Noi is a district situated in north-west of Bucharest and of Sector 1.
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Bancpost:
Bancpost is a Romanian bank based in Bucharest and a member of EFG Eurobank-Ergasias Group.
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Új Magyar Szó:
Új Magyar Szó (New Hungarian Word) is a Hungarian-language Romanian broadsheet newspaper, based in Bucharest. It has one of the largest audience of all Hungarian-language papers in Romania. The newspaper's readership approximately is 40000.
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Bucharest-Ilfov (development region):
The Bucharest-Ilfov development region is a development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main funct
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Aviaţiei:
Aviaţiei is a district divided between Sector 1 and Sector 2 of Bucharest, mainly in Sector 1. The name refers to aircraft or airforces. The names Traian Vuia, Aurel Vlaicu and Henri Coandă are related to the name of the district.
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Lăptăria Enache:
Lăptăria Enache (literally "Enache's Milkbar"; also sometimes known as Lăptăria lui Enache, "Enache's Milkbar") is one of the leading bars in Bucharest, Romania. Located in a slightly curved space over the main halls of the National Theatre Bucharest
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Danube-Bucharest Canal:
The Danube-Bucharest Canal is a 73 kilometre-long canal project that is supposed to link Bucharest, Romania to the Danube via Argeş River. The earliest plans, made by engineer Nicolae Cucu in 1880, sought to link Bucharest to the Danube at Olteniţa.
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Romania:
Romania (dated: Rumania, Roumania ; România, ro.mɨˈni.a) is a country located in South-East Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danu
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Belgrade:
Belgrade (Београд, Beograd ), is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies at the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers in north central Serbia, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula. With a population of over 1.9 millio
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Cluj-Napoca:
(pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; Klausenburg; Kolozsvár; Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; קלויזנבורג), until 1974 Cluj, is the third largest city in Romania, and the seat of Cluj County, in north-western Transylvania. Geographically, i
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Sibiu:
Sibiu (si'biw, Hermannstadt; Nagyszeben; הערמאנשטאדט (Hermanshtadt) or סזעבען (Szeben), ) is one of the largest cities in Transylvania, Romania with a population of about 175,000. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. It is the
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FC Dinamo Bucureşti:
FC Dinamo Bucureşti is one of the most famous Romanian football clubs in the country. It is one of the three major teams from the Romanian capital, Bucharest, together with Steaua Bucureşti and and Rapid Bucharest.
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Craiova:
Craiova (/kra'jo.va/), the fifth largest Romanian city, and the capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from th
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Timişoara:
Timişoara (pronunciation in Romanian: /timiˈʃo̯ara/; Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeschburg, Temeswar, or Temeschwar, Bulgarian: Тимишоара, Serbian: Темишвар, Temišvar, Banat Bulgarian: Timišvár, Turkish: Tamışvar-Tamişvar or Temeşvar), also known
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Taxi (band):
Taxi are a Romanian pop-rock band. Their sound is an eclectic mix of rock and contemporary pop, occasionally introducing other influences such as hot Nashville-style guitar licks. The band was founded March 13, 1999 in Bucharest. Dan Teodorescu, song
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Giurgiu:
Giurgiu is the capital city of Giurgiu County, Romania in the region once called Vlaşca. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Rousse on the opposite bank. Three small islands face the c
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TAROM:
S.C. „Compania Națională de Transporturi Aeriene Române – TAROM” S.A., commonly known simply as TAROM, is the flag carrier airline of Romania. Its main base is the Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest (formerly known as the Otopeni airport
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Ploieşti:
Ploieşti (/plo'jeʃtʲ/, older spelling: Ploeşti) is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia, Romania. The city is located 56 km (35 miles) north of Bucharest. In 2002, it had a population of 232,527, making it
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Cupa României:
The Romanian Cup (Cupa României) is a football competition held annually since 1933-34. It is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF (Romanian Football Federation) and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to. Most fina
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Evenimentul Zilei:
Evenimentul Zilei is one of the leading newspapers in Romania. Based in Bucharest, the Romanian-language daily has a paid daily circulation of 110,000. Its name means "The event of the day". It was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai
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King of Romania:
King of the Romanians (Romanian: Regele Românilor) rather than King of Romania (Romanian: Regele României) was the official title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947 when Romania was proclaimed a republic. The state had been c
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FC Progresul Bucureşti:
FC Progresul Bucureşti is a Romanian football club playing in Liga II. Despite having long resided in the shadow of the three big Bucharest teams (Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid), the club has recently achieved some good results, having thrice finished run
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FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti:
FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti is a Romanian football club that was established in 1916 (making it one of the oldest Romanian clubs still active). The Bucharest club has won the Balkans Cup once (in 1979) and its best result in the Romanian league i
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Piteşti:
Piteşti (/pi'teʃtʲ/) is a city in Romania, located on the Argeş River. The capital and largest city of Argeş County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Piteşti is situated on the A1 freeway c
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Regulamentul Organic:
Regulamentul Organic (Romanian name, translated as Organic Statute or Organic Regulation; French: Règlement Organique, Russian: Oрганический регламент, Organichesky reglament) The name also has plural versions in all languages concerned, referring to
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Ion Heliade Rădulescu:
Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade (also known as Eliad or Eliade Rădulescu; jon he.li.'a.de rə.du.'les.ku; January 6, 1802-April 27, 1872) was a Wallachian-born Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writ
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Căile Ferate Române:
Căile Ferate Române (translated "Romanian Railways," abbreviated as CFR) is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. Romania has a railway network of 11,380 km of which 3,971 km are electrified and the total track length is 2
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Serbo-Bulgarian War:
The Serbo-Bulgarian War (Сръбско-българска война, translit. Srabsko-balgarska voyna; Српско-бугарски рат/ Srpsko-bugarski rat) was a war between Serbia and Bulgaria that erupted on November 14, 1885 and lasted until November 28 the same year. Final p
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Roman Catholicism in Romania:
The Roman-Catholic Church (Biserica Romano-Catolică din România) in Romania is a Latin Rite Christian church, part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. Its administration is centered in Bucha
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România Liberă:
România Liberă (Romanian: Free Romania) is one of the leading newspapers in Romania. Based in Bucharest, the Romanian-language daily has a paid daily circulation of 40,000. During the Communist era it was an official mouthpiece of the Romanian Commun
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1977 Bucharest earthquake:
The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake occurred on Friday, 4 March, 1977, 21:20 local time and was felt throughout the Balkans. It had a magnitude of 7.4 and its epicenter in Vrancea (in the Eastern Carpathians) at a depth of 94 kilometers. The earthquake kil
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Wallachian Plain:
The Walachian Plain or the Romanian Plain (Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania. Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it is bordered by the Danube River in the east, south and west, and by the Getic Plateau in the north. Bucharest, th
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National Bank of Romania:
The National Bank of Romania (Banca Naţională a României, BNR) is the central bank of Romania and was established in April 1880. It is located in the capital city, Bucharest. The bank's first governor was Eugeniu Carada; the present governor is Mugur
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Dealul Spirii:
Dealul Spirii (Spirii Hill, lit. "Spirea's Hill"; an antiquated version of the name is Dealul Spirei) is a hill in Bucharest, Romania, upon which, currently, the Palace of the Parliament (formerly known as House of the People) is located.
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Academia Caţavencu:
Academia Caţavencu ("The Caţavencu Academy") is a Romanian satirical magazine founded in 1991, and made famous by its investigative journalism. Academia Caţavencu also owns Radio Guerilla, an FM radio station broadcasting in Bucharest, Constanţa and
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Olivia Manning:
Olivia Manning (born March 2, 1908 in Portsmouth - died July 23, 1980 on the Isle of Wight) was a noted British novelist. She studied at the Portsmouth School of Art then escaped Portsmouth to work at Peter Jones department store, the Medici Society
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Mircea Ciobanul:
Mircea V Ciobanul (Mircea the Shepherd) (d. 25 September 1559) was the Prince (Voivode) of Wallachia three times: January 1545 (he entered Bucharest on 17 March)-16 November 1552; May 1553-28 February 1554 (leaving Bucharest that March); and January
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Hunger circus:
"Hunger circus" (Romanian: Circ al foamei) was a colloquial name for any in a series of identical buildings which were to be completed as part of Nicolae Ceauşescu's program of systematization during his period as ruler of Romania. Officially designa
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Supermarkets in Romania:
The Romanian supermarket industry is a highly successful market in the retail area. The concept of supermarkets or hypermarkets came to Romania after 1989, and most supermarkets are made up of joint ventures between Romanian and foreign investors. Si
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Spitalul de Urgenţă:
Spitalul de Urgenţă, literally "Emergency Hospital", is a Romanian pop band, integrating elements of traditional Romanian music into a sometimes hard-edged rock sound, Ale house rock, The St. Petersburg Times, Issue #1008(75), October 1, 2004. Access
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Creţulescu Palace:
Creţulescu Palace (Palatul Creţulescu in Romanian, alternative spelling "Kretzulescu") is a historic building near the Cişmigiu Gardens on the Ştirbei Vodă street nr. 39 in Bucharest, Romania. It has been built for the Creţulescu family at the beginn
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