Square, Plaza sights in Bucharest
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Old Princely Court
Bucharest's historic heart - on and off historic Calea Victoriei - sprang up around the Old Princely Court in the 15th century. The battered remains of this court reveal little; you can peer through the fence to the statues of Vlad Ţepeş.
Artisans and traders whose occupations are still reflected in street names like Str Covaci (trough-makers street) and Str Şelari (saddle-makers street) settled in this area in the 14th century, but it was not until the reigning prince of Wallachia, Vlad Ţepeş, fortified the settlement and built a Prince's Palace (Palatul Voievodal) that it flourished as a commercial centre. At the end of the 18th century, heavily damaged by earthquakes…
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Piaţa Universităţii
Some of the fiercest fighting during the 1989 Revolution took place at Piaţa Universităţii. Journalists watched tanks roll over Romanian freedom fighters and soldiers shoot into crowds of protestors from their viewpoint inside Hotel Inter-Continental. Scour the area and you'll find bullet marks in buildings and 10 stone crosses commemorating those killed. Piaţa Universităţii (sometimes called 'Piaţa Tiananmen') is the hub of Bucharest's intellectual and political life.
The main university building, built in 1856-68 and inaugurated in 1869, is on the northwestern corner.
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Piaţa Unirii
In the blocks around Piaţa Unirii - that commie-built wonder of cement - are a number of religious sites that miraculously survived the 1980s demolition. On the north-eastern side of Piaţa Unirii - up from the metro station - is the Unirea Department Store, and the main city market is a long block behind it - shop here for fresh fruit and vegetables. Just behind the Unirea is the Jewish History Museum.
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Piaţa Victoriei
Piaţa Victoriei, the huge plaza in northern Bucharest dominated by the 1938 Government Building, has little to detain you, but its metro station is a good access point for walks north along Şos Kiseleff or south into the centre.
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Piaţa Charles de Gaulle
A couple of blocks east of the Triumphal Arch in northern Bucharest, Piaţa Charles de Gaulle is in the heart of some of Bucharest's most well-to-do areas.
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