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Parliament Palace (Casa Poporului)   Bucharest

Parliament Palace (Casa Poporului), Bucharest

 77 Reviews  It is the second largest administrative building after the Pentagon (in surface) and the third largest (in volume) after Cape Canaveral and the Great Pyramid in Egypt. It has 12 stories over ground... 

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Grand Square (Piata Mare)   Sibiu

Grand Square (Piata Mare), Sibiu

 3 Reviews  Council Tower (Turnul Sfatului) is a Sibiu landmark, connecting Piata Mare to the smaller Piata Mica (literally "Small Square"). You can climb the tower for panoramic views of the city center and... 

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Churches   Bucharest

Churches, Bucharest

 102 Reviews  The most numerous churches are orthodox, from the Wiki page I have counted 170 orthodox churches Then comes by religions: - 20 advent - 14 roman-catholic - 10 baptist - 10 Christian after... 

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Small Square (Piata Mica)   Sibiu

Small Square (Piata Mica), Sibiu

 1 Review  Together with Main Square and Huet Square, “Piata Mica”-The Little Square, is one of the central points of interests in Sibiu. They are linked by narrow streets and passages and are giving together... 

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Old Town area   Bucharest

Old Town area, Bucharest

 16 Reviews  Lipscani street and the Old Town is a fun and lively area of Bucharest. Fun artsy shops are tucked away into random corners and modern cafes in old buildings. Sadly many of the prettiest, older... 

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Liars Bridge (Podul Mincinosilor)   Sibiu

Liars Bridge (Podul Mincinosilor), Sibiu

 1 Review  One of the top of the "must see" list in Sibiu is Podul Mincinosilor-Liars Bridge, a bridge built from wood before 1771 and re-built in forged iron in 1859. It was second bridge of this type in... 

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Buildings of Bucharest   Bucharest

Buildings of Bucharest, Bucharest

 86 Reviews  The serious looking building that you can see in the photo is Bucharest’s Law Faculty which is part of the University of Bucharest. It was designed by architect Petre Antonescu in neoclassical style... 

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Council Tower   Sibiu

Council Tower, Sibiu

 1 Review  For a very nice view over the city, go and climb in the Council Tower, from the Piata Mica side. There will be around 5 floors and at every floor you can see paintings with Sibiu, made by local... 

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Palaces in Bucharest   Bucharest

Palaces in Bucharest, Bucharest

 36 Reviews  The Romanian Palatul Regal is by no means an old structure: it was first built by prince Dinicu Golescu only in 1815 and then underwent several changes including those in the 1930's after a damage... 

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Cismigiu Park   Bucharest

Cismigiu Park, Bucharest

 32 Reviews  It's smaller than Herastrau park, but is a lovely place for a walk, to relax a little. A lot of restaurants, and very beautiful during winter time. You also can take a look at Crețulescu Palace,... 

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Romanian Athenaeum   Bucharest

Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest

 29 Reviews  This is Bucharest's most prestigious concert hall and one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. It was built in 1888 in neo-classical style after a design by the French architect Albert... 

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Museums   Bucharest

Museums, Bucharest

 51 Reviews  Impressive collections of minerals and quartz formations specific to the area are found here, including a well-presented geological structure of Romania. Open: Mon. - Sun. 10:00am - 4:00pm Admission... 

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Village Museum   Bucharest

Village Museum, Bucharest

 24 Reviews  The Village Museum borders Herastrau Park, but its entrance is on Soseaua Kiseleff. You cannot enter it from the park. Entrance is 6Ron. It is open on Mon 9-5, Tues to Sun 9-7. The museum contains... 

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The Triumphal Arch   Bucharest

The Triumphal Arch, Bucharest

 26 Reviews  Raised in 1922 to commemorate Romania's Great War dead, the original construction was of wood, replaced by the present, Petru Antonescu designed concrete structure in 1935. Standing 25 metres high,... 

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Herastrau Park   Bucharest

Herastrau Park, Bucharest

 20 Reviews  Herastrau Park is the largest park in Bucharest. It has a beautiful lake, nice quiet pathways and many trees. Since the 18th century it was a place for promenade and relaxation. In was modeled in the... 

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Squares   Bucharest

Squares, Bucharest

 33 Reviews  Revolution Square (previously Palace Square) is surrounded by important buildings: The palace, which is now an art gallery, and the library were built by Carol I. The communist headquarters building... 

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Opera House   Bucharest

Opera House, Bucharest

 11 Reviews  Bucharest’s Opera House is the main venue for seeing opera and ballet performances in Bucharest. Their annual season runs from October to June and tickets are usually dirt cheap. They tend to stick to... 

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Boulevards   Bucharest

Boulevards, Bucharest

 32 Reviews  Calea Victoriei is the oldest street of Bucharest - 1692 - it used to link the Old Princely Court (downtown) with Mogosoaia Palace (north of Bucharest). It was initially paved with oak beams. The... 

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Bucharest University   Bucharest

Bucharest University, Bucharest

 14 Reviews  The University of Bucharest was founded in 1864 by Alexandru Ioan Cuza, ruler of the newly united principalities of Walachia and Moldova. Work on the neoclassical building began in 1857 and finished... 

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Military Club   Bucharest

Military Club, Bucharest

 14 Reviews  The Military Club was build in 1912 on the site of the former Sarindar Monastery (the name witch is preserved in the name of the fontain directly in front of the building). This neoclassic... 

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Romanian Savings Bank   Bucharest

Romanian Savings Bank, Bucharest

 7 Reviews  This beautiful building, designed in the eclectic style by the French architect Paul Gottereau, was constructed between 1896-1900. It sits on the site of a former 16hr century monastery, St. John the... 

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National Theatre   Bucharest

National Theatre, Bucharest

 14 Reviews  The National Theatre was built in 1973, but its exterior was entirely reshaped in the 1980s. Inside there are three auditoriums: the Sala Mare is the largest one, the Sala Amfiteatru and the Sala... 

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Theatres   Bucharest

Theatres, Bucharest

 9 Reviews  Tandarica Theatre is the only theatre in Bucharest that has plays for kids only. My parents used to take me and my brother here at least 4 times a year to see different plays. I can imagine now how... 

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Manuc's Inn and Old Princely Court   Bucharest

Manuc's Inn and Old Princely Court, Bucharest

 8 Reviews  Across the street from Curtea Veche Church there is Hanul lui Manuc (Manuc’s Inn, at the end of Franceza Street), the only typical Turkish caravanserai which has survived in Bucharest with its... 

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Press House   Bucharest

Press House, Bucharest

 10 Reviews  This very impressive building stands at the entrance to the capital and was designed by Horia Maicu and completed in 1956. Not only is this the press convention but also houses the Bucharest Stock... 

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Buhusi, the small town in the Bacau County

by Fam.Rauca

Buhusi is an old town in the Bacau County. It lies between Piatra Neamt and Bacau and is a small located in the region.It is a quietly Moldavian town, with a small industry, narrow streets, low houses, but also with new and modern streets, restaurants, and big buildings.This town is a more traditional as modern region of Romania.The chestnut trees avenues of the town created an agreeable atmosphere and beautiful scenery for the walks in the afternoon.In the centre of Buhusi, there is the Culture House and the War Heroes Monument at the front of it.

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Oradea, the city at the Romanian frontier

by Fam.Rauca

Oradea is the city, on which we first would step, as we arrive to Romania, through the land frontier Bors.It is a beautiful Transylvanian city, with an old past, beginning in the 12th century.The actually city was constructed on the place of the old citadel.There are a lot of important objectives that are a really attraction for the tourists that come into the city.The River Crisu Repede flows through the city and created a wonderful atmosphere on its shore. Here, there is a much frequented swimming and fishing area.The old and new buildings of the city have a phenomenal connection that make the specially charm of the whole region.The Baroque Palace is a jewel in the architectural treasure of Oradea.The Moon Church or the Roman-Catholic Church are both also landmarks of the city.

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Borsec, the place of the mineral water fountains

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Borsec is a Transilvanian Station, where the mineral water springs are there.I found that this mineral water is the best of Romania; this is my opinion.The landscape here, in this region, is magnificent.The many forest and freshwater springs create a whole fresh air atmosphere. The several villas were constructed many years ago, and now they are unfortunately in a bad condition.This station is a pearl of the Transylvanian mountains, and a modernization of it is necessary.I hope that this rebuilding will be possible in the next time.

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Tulcea, the entrance gate to the Danube Delta

by Fam.Rauca

Tulcea is an aged city on the right shore of the Danube, and the entrance gate to the Danube Delta.The old city was founded 2600 years ago, under the Roman occupation, and its name was “Aegyssus” Here lives a mixture of ethnic groups: Romanians; Turks, Greeks, Tatars, Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Jews, Italians. The city has 95000 inhabitants.An important objective in Tulcea is the Museum of the Danube Delta.Here, you can see a large number of flora and fauna exemplars that live in this paradise on the water.The most important work for the inhabitants of the city is fishing.They make this job many times ago.The fishers possess boats for the fishing in the Danube Delta or for the trips on the Danube arms.The tourists have the possibility to go into the Danube Delta, with a boat, for a few days or also for a few hours.This trips are to be reserved by the Hotel Delta, in the Tourist...

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Galati, the town on the shore of the Danube

by Fam.Rauca

Galati is a harbour on the left shore of the Danube.This is a modern city, with lots of new edifices, large boulevards and elegant restaurants, but also an aged place with lindens avenues, old houses, numerous quietly parks, and a wonderful walk way on the shore of the great flow.In the city there is a precious church, named “Precista”, founded by the prince Vasile Lupu, an important religious edifice with art, architecture, history and spiritual importance.Galati is also the hometown of the musician Iosif Ivanovic that composed the famous waltz “The boat on the waves”. This waltz is the symbol of the old Danube port.In Galati, on the shore of the Danube, there is the famous Danube Tower, with its restaurant-bar with view on the whole region.I don't know whether the restaurant is open in present, but I know that it was closed, at the finishes the eighties. In Galati, there is not any...

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Suceava, the aged princely Court

by Fam.Rauca

Suceava is a splendid city in Bucovina, an important region in the North of Romania.From the 14th century until the 16th century, the Citadel of Suceava had been the princely Court of the Moldavian prince.A few of the old walls of the Ruling Princes Palace are to bee see in Suceava, as reminiscence of a glorious epoch of the Romanian history.The famous prince of Moldavia, Stephen the Great, governed here, in the Suceava Citadel, between 1457 and 1504.The old walls are surrounded from a natural paradise, a superb landscape of this region.

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Targu Mures a superb town in Transilvania

by Fam.Rauca

Targu Mures is a superb town in Transilvania, erected by the middle of the 15th century.Here you can see a lot of historical objectives, museums, churches, and art and culture houses, next to the new buildings, made in the last time.Here, there is the Roman-Catholic Church from the 18th century, an aged building with architectural, historical and religious importance.In the County Museum you can see many interesting art collections.Superb statues, monuments, old houses, streets and many others are the treasures of the city.The new buildings have a wonderful architecture and a modern fashion.

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Reghin, an old city in Transylvania

by Fam.Rauca

Reghin is a lovely town in the heart of Transylvania, in the Mures County. Here lives Romanians, Ungarians and Germans in a Community .The town lies 29km far from Târgu Mureº, and 102 km from Cluj-Napoca, on the shores of the Mureº River. The city is the second greatness of the county, after Targu Mures, with a surface area of 7,282 ha and a number of inhabitants of 40,000.It is known in the whole world as one of the best producer of music instruments and ski equipments.

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Bacau, a quiet city in a quiet ambience

by Fam.Rauca

Bacau is an old and quietly town in Moldavia, on the Bistrita’s shore.The history of it is an important part of the Romania’s history.The prince Stephen the Great erected here the Princely Court, and his son, the price Alexandru Voda, ordered in the year 1491 the construction of the Precista Church.Bacau is also the hometown of the poet George Bacovia, called the poet of lacustrian melancholy.If you go into this town, you feel the old charm of the Moldavian place.Here, the people are friendly and hospitably, and the nature is connected with the soul of them.In Bacau there are many old buildings, but also many new edifices.There are many narrow streets as well as numerous large and elegant boulevards.Bacau plays an important role in the economically and spiritually live of Romania.

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Piatra Neamt, a city of the silence and the beauty

by Fam.Rauca

Piatra Neamt is a very old city on the Shore of Bistrita River. It lies on the feet of four mountains that give to this place an unbelievable fresh air.These mountains are, Cozla, Pietricica, Cernegura and Carloman.The long history of Piatra Neamt is connected with the old Romanian traditions.The origin of this city is correlated to the antique citadel of Petrodava.The ruins of the old fortification were discovered a few decades ago at the foot of the mountain Cernegura.In the Historical Museum of the city one can see a lot of old archaeological authentications of the long existence of this town.Very important things to see in this museum are, the valuable pieces of the collection of painted pottery dating from the Neolithic ages and the Cucuteni culture.The Town of Piatra Neamt has played an important role in the whole history of the country.The prince Stephen the Great has erected here...

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