BUCHAREST BUCUR CHURCH
Bucur Church is the smallest church Bucharest has to offer to foreign tourists. Though we have been living in the Romanian capital for more than 20 years, a long time we did not visit it. That is because it is in the center of the city which is crowdy most of the time. Yet, recently, we dare to go and how might look the smallest church in Bucharest. And it is small indeed. Some historians say the founder of the city, called Bucur, built it more than 500 years ago.
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Description: Bucur Church in Bucharest is one of the oldest buildings in the Romanian capital
WHEN TO VISIT BUCUR CHURCH IN BUCHAREST
We visited the church of Bucur, as it is known in Bucharest two times, in autumn and in summer. It is the same quiet place. It was in July, when we last went there to take a tour of the area and to see Radu Voda Monastery which is just across the street. Actually, in the late Middle Ages, both churches were a single worship place. The best time to see Bucur Church in Bucharest is during summer and it will take you only half of hour to take a look at the architecture and the inside of, maybe, one of the oldest churches in the Romanian capital.
WHERE IS BUCUR CHURCH IN BUCHAREST
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Description: Bucur Church in Bucharest is near Unification Square and the National Library in the center of the Romanian capital
This small church is right in the middle of Bucharest, near Unirii, or Unification Square, as you cross the street from Unirii Shopping Center. You will have the Palace of Parliament on your right and then, you make left on the first street. You will, surely, see the Radu Voda Monastery, but, until you get there, on your left, on a small hill, near a corporate building and a communist block of flats, you will see this small worship place. It has walls and rather sharp stairs. There is also a garden a some trees around. Bucur Church in Bucharest is in the honor of Atanasie and Chiril, the two patriarch of Alexandria and who also are spiritually governing over cemeteries. About where is Bucur Church you can learn more at the bottom of this post, on Google Maps.
HISTORY OF BUCUR CHURCH IN BUCHAREST
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Description: Bucur Church history is directly related to Vlad the Impaler who ruled the Romanian country when the church was built at the and of the 15th century
The history of Bucur Church in Bucharest goes back to Vlad the Impaler, the character and historical figure that gave birth to Dracula. For it is during his reign on this region when the church had been built. This is what legends say. According to historians, instead, Bucur Church in Bucharest was built by other great man of state in the Romanian countries, Mircea The Old( Mircea cel Batran), who ruled from 1386 to 1418 and who built the worship place in 1416. Anyway, according to old texts, Bucur Church in Bucharest appears as an additional building to Radu Voda Monstery in 1705. All historical sources say that this monastery was first built from wood and the church of Bucur was built later. Since there were dangerous times in the late middle Ages, the church was almost a ruin in 1869, when the architect Gaetano Burelli repairs it.
WHAT TO SEE AT BUCUR CHURCH
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Description: Bucur Church in Bucharest is a small worship place and is interesting especially from the historical point of view and, yet, here are architectural elements reminding of the old Romanian houses
When we last visited Bucur Church on our tour in Bucharest, we found only one old woman who is taking care of the place. She is there taking care of the flowers around and serving you if you needed to buy something. And we learned that in 1901 the church was a ruin again and was closed from 1909 to 1910. The state rebuilt the entrance, the roof and the walls in those years and again in 1931, so it was open again for the public only in 1938. What happened next in the communist period will find immediately.
LEGEND OF BUCUR CHURCH
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Description: Some legends say about Bucur Church in Bucharest that was built by the first man who settled here near Dambovita river
The first time when the Bucur Church in Bucharest is written about is in 1728 AD, when a historian called Johhan Filstich say that in the beginning there was a small church built by a shepherd named Bucur, whose name also gave the name of the Romanian capital. Bucur Church had stone walls and was near the Dambovita River. Which also happens today.
THE SHEPHERD BUCUR
The shepherd Bucur was also known as a thief who robbed anyone dared to came in the area. Yet, the same legend says he built houses for himself and for others who found that the land was good and they could make money here. And so came into being Bucharest. We wrote here about the HISTORY OF BUCHAREST. Some other sources say that Bucur was the son of a great Moldavian ruler. He came in the Romanian province and built Radu Voda Monastery and cemetery. After that, he also built Bucur Church.
A SECRET DOCUMENT
In 1869, the priest who took care of the church said that he had a secret text. He swore it was according to the original a Greek priest had burnt in 1862. And the text showed the following: Bucur Church was built by the ruler Mircea Cel Batran. And that under the hill where you can see the church, there are the bodies of many soldiers who had died in a battle with the Turkish Empire in 1416.
BUCUR CHURCH BUCHAREST ARCHITECTURE
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Description: The entrance looks just like the entrance of a house in the country in the Romanian villages. You can learn more about them at the VILLAGE MUSEUM
The architecture of
Bucur Church in Bucharest follows the line of old churches in Romania. Like they used to build in the late Middle Ages. It is simple. 13 on 6 meters area, which is very small, a small roof and dome. Initially, they built the roof from special wood you can only see at the monasteries in Moldavia. It is the so-called sindrila, small pieces of wood gathered in a special way to prevent water intrusion. There are also six pillars inside, from graved wood. Also, inside you are like in a country house, with icons and old popular towels. See what tourists say about this small monument on
Tripadvisor.
INSIDE BUCUR CHURCH BUCHAREST
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Description: There are many icons inside though it is not a large worship place
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Description: Old paintings are also on the walls and many of them with Bible scenes
During the communist period, the regime demolishe hundreds of churches. This small church was also in danger. In 1987, when Ceausescu started to build the new center of Bucharest, thousands of people had to move from their houses. The state destroyed. Nicolae Ceausescu wanted to build his capital inspired by Pyongyang in North Korea or Beijing. Yet a state employee saved the smalles church Bucharest had. According to an urban legend, he simply forgot to put the area on the new plan of modernization of Bucharest. Thus, none could demolish the building. Indeed communist and modern blocks of flats surrounded the church, but is survived.
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Description: The communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu wanted to destroy it. Yet the building was lucky due to a state employee
In the area there are pubs, restaurants and you can also visit the Old City of Bucharest. Near it there are House of People of Palace of Parliament, University Square and Cismigiu Gardens. Enjoy your trip! Here is the Google map I promised!