River sights in Bucharest
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Dâmboviţa River
All great cities have their rivers, and Bucharest slips in its quest for greatness thanks to the way it's treated the miserly Dâmboviţa River. Centuries ago, when Bucharest first took its steps, the river rushed through woods on this relatively hilly part of the plain. Mosquitoes loved the river though, and brought malaria to a growing population; sewage seemed drawn to it too, and the flood-prone river grew more and more contaminated.
The natural twists and turns of the river were canalised between 1880 and 1883 and was later enhanced with concrete.
In the 1970s, Ceauşescu's destructive gaze fell on the river - perhaps the USSR's canal-building history steered it - and …
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