NATIONAL ART MUSEUM BUCHAREST The National Art Museum Bucharest, or the Royal Palace is on Victoria Avenue. King Carol II built it as a residence for the royal family. But here was not an empty space. The king built the new palace on the ruins of an old palace which belonged to his father. Carol
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BUCHAREST ROMANIAN ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM ANCIENT MASTERPIECES TO SEE AT ”SEVEREANU” ARCHAEOLOGY HOUSE IN BUCHAREST Severeanu Museum in Bucharest is one of the landmarks in numismatics and archaeology in Europe, not only in Romania. We are talking about a very valuable numismatic collection but also rare pieces of Greek and Roman archaeology bought by the first
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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BUCHAREST VISIT ANTIPA MUSEUM The Natural History Museum Bucharest is in Victoria Square. This is near the Government. Authorities decided the museum should bear the name Antipa, after its founder. Grigore Antipa was one of the greatest scholars in Romania. Here, at the museum, you can see the evolution of humanity in
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ZLATARI CHURCH BUCHAREST THE CHURCH WHERE MIRACLES COME TRUE Zlatari Church in Bucharest has a very interesting story. This worship place in Bucharest houses the right hand of Saint Cyprian of Antiochia, Syria. He was a pagan in 300 A.D. and also a wizard. A young man in love with a young faithful woman, Iustina, asked
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STAVROPOLEOS CHURCH BUCHAREST VISIT ONE OF THE OLDEST WORSHIP PLACES IN ROMANIAN CAPITAL Stavropoleos Church in Bucharest is nowadays in the Old City and you can visit it before going to have lunch in the area. It was built by a Greek monk, called Ioanichie Stratonikeas from Epirus. STAVROPOLEOS CHURCH BUCHAREST By: BUCHAREST-TRAVEL.COM Photographed In:
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SAINT SPYRIDON CHURCH BUCHAREST A BEAUTIFUL WORSHIP PLACE TO VISIT IN BUCHAREST Saint Spyridon Church in Bucharest is the largest and the most imposing Orthodox church in the capital. It is called Saint Spyridon Church New for there is another worship place dedicated to the same saint, known as the old saint Spyridon Church behind
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BUCHAREST OLD COURT CHURCH This is one of the oldest churches in Bucharest. Yet, some say it might be the oldest one. Lord Vladislav the 1st Vlaicu built it in 1350. He ruled the Romanian county until his death in 1377. What we know for sure is that he is the first ruler who issued
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BUCHAREST ITALIAN CHURCH AN ITALIAN MONUMENT TO VISIT IN BUCHAREST The Italian Church in Bucharest is a property of the Italian State. Architects and workers painted its arcs and cupola on dry walls( or al fresco). It is the only worship place where you can find an altar made from a single stump. The magnificent
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CASIN CHURCH BUCHAREST Casin Church in Bucharest is quite a recently built church for the ex-communist capital of Romania. It was built in the 20th century, after World War II and after the Romanian Communist Party took the power in Bucharest in 1945. A jigsaw Murano and a marble panel are interesting things to see
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KISELEFF PARK BUCHAREST Bucharest has many parks. The largest is Herastrau Park which changed its name now in King Michael. Although a small one, Kiseleff Garden in Bucharest has one of the strangest and also funniest stories in the Romanian capital. In the same time, it is now a modern park if compared to 10
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