Building sights in Romania
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Synagogue
A block west is an ornate and well-preserved Synagogue from 1900. Before WWII, 5500 Jews lived in Târgu Mureş, now only about 100 live here.
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Citadel
In 1524 a new wooden Citadel was built in Braşov, on top of Citadel Hill just north, though the stone wall ruins you now see are from the 16th and 17th century. Today it houses a couple of beer patios.
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Securitate Building
The building shell, on the corner of Str Dobrescu and Str Boteanu, housed the hated, KGB-like Securitate and was destroyed by protestors. In 2003 the Romanian Architecture Union built a contemporary glass structure inside it to house their headquarters.
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St Spiridon's Monastery
One block west at B-dul Independenţei 33 is St Spiridon's Monastery. The body of Grigore Ghica III, killed in 1777 for opposing the Turks, lies inside the monastical complex, minus the head, which presumably came to rest in the sultan's sitting room.
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National Institute for Science & Technology
On the Palace of Parliament's west side, walk back past B-dul Unirii to the building's south side to find the half-finished National Institute for Science & Technology, of which Elena Ceauşescu was president; half-done or abandoned buildings like this litter Bucharest.
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Economic Consortium Palace
Bucharest's financial houses moved to the historic heart in the 19th century after the princely residence was moved to the north of the city. Just north of the National History Museum is the Economic Consortium Palace, designed by French architect Paul Gottereau in 1894-1900. Next door stands the Bucharest Financial Plaza, a mirrored building.
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Romanian TV Headquarters
A block south of Piaţa Charles de Gaulle is the long aqua-blue Romanian TV Headquarters, which was reduced to two hours' air-time per day in the late 1980s (one hour of which was devoted to presidential activities. On 22 December 1989 revolutionaries broke into the television building and announced on-air the collapse of the government. At the northern gate of the building is a small memorial to those killed here.
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St Nicholas' Cathedral
The black-spired Orthodox Church of St Nicholas' Cathedral was first built in wood in 1392 and replaced by a Gothic stone church in 1495 by the Wallachian prince Neagoe Basarab (r 1512-21), later embellished in Byzantine style. In 1739 the church was enlarged and its interior heavily redecorated. Inside are murals of Romania's last king and queen, covered by plaster to protect them from communist leaders and uncovered in 2004.
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