Bucharest landmarks

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(list to be updated)

In no particular order…

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Arcul de Triumf

Ateneul Roman – Romanian Athenaeum – year 1888 – more photos here

Biblioteca Centrala Universitara Carol I – Biblioteca Centrala Universitara Carol I

Biserica Amzei

Piata Universitatii – University square

Universitatea Bucuresti – Bucharest University

University square

Biserica Domnita Balasa church

Monument next to Domnita Balasa’s grave.

Domnita Balsa church – named after the daughter of Constantin Brancoveanu, who was sanctified by the church after his tragic death.

Biserica Greaca

Cismigiu park – dated 1854

BNR Banca Nationala pe Lipscani – National Bank of Romania

BNR Banca Nationala – National Bank of Romania

Palatul Cantacuzino palace – George Enescu museum

More pictures here Cantacuzino palace

Muzeul Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History

Grigore Antipa brought the concept of a diorama in a museum setting.

Casa Monterou-Catargi Uniunea Scriitorilor din România – Monteoru Catargi house, headquarters of the Union of Romanian Writers – in 2014 it lost its cultural significance when it was turned into a restaurant.

Piata Presei – Press Square

Casa Presei Libere – House of the Free Press

Catedrala Sf. Spiridon Nou – 1858 – largest church in Bucharest

See more photos here – St. Spiridon church cathedral

CEC palace – more photos here

Casa Macca – see more here

Casa Librecht

Cercul Militar National – Palace of the National Military Circle

Catedrala sfantul Iosif

Casa Vernescu

Nottara museum

Macovei museum

Palace of the Parliament and the Patriarchal Palace

Grand Hotel du Boulevard – year 1871

Ghika Gradisteanu palace

Hanul lui Manuc Manuc’s inn – year 1808

Ion Mincu University of Architecture

Carol Park Heroes’ mausoleum

Muzeul National de Geologie

Justice Palace

Frederic Cecilia-Storck museum

Museum of Art Collections – more photos here

Observatorul astronomic Vasile Urseanu

National Opera of Bucharest

The Patriarchal Cathedral and the Palace of the Patriarchate

Bragadiru palace

National Museum of History

     

Kretulescu palace

Cotroceni museum – see more photos here

Continental Hotel and the Telephone Palace

Arhivele Statului

Palace of the Parliament – Palatul Parlamentului – although the largest palace in the world, the public tour offers only a view of 5% of the building.

Spitalul Coltea hospital – year 1704

Scoala centrala de fete Central school of girls – 1851

Stavropoleos Church – 1724

inner courtyard

Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Carol Davila – 1857 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila

Sutu palace – 1833 – today the Museum of Art and History of Bucharest – more photos here

Stock Exchange Palace –  Palatul Bursei

Cimitirul Serban Voda – Bellu cemetery – opened in 1858; numerous personalities of the XIX and XXth centuries are buried here.