The Coral Temple from Bucharest is a synagogue of the Jewish Community, being the largest place of mosaic worship in the city. The building was built between 1864-1866, was renovated in 1932 and 1945. It is located on St. Friday. No 9 street of the 3rd sector. The Coral Temple was included on the list [...]
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The “Holy Union” Temple from Bucharest
Posted by raluca on December 29th, 2010
The “Holy Union” Temple from Bucharest is a place of Hebrew worship in the city of Bucharest, located on Mămulari no. 3 street of the 3rd sector. The building was built in 1836 as a synagogue of the tailors’ guild. Since 1978, this temple is arranged as the Jewish History Museum of Romania. The Hebrew [...]
The Great Synagogue from Bucharest
Posted by raluca on December 29th, 2010
The Great Synagogue from Bucharest is a place of Hebrew worship in Bucharest, located on Basil Adamachi no. 11 street. It was built in 1846. The Great Synagogue was built between the years 1845-1846 in Bucharest by the Ashkenazi Jews coming from Poland and is the first major religious building of this community. According to [...]
The Esua Tova Synagogue
Posted by raluca on December 29th, 2010
The Esua Tova Synagogue from Bucharest is a place of Jewish worship in the city of Bucharest, located on Take Ionescu no. 9 street, near Amzei Market. It was built in 1840 in the Moorish style. It is also known as the Mogoşoaia Bridge Synagogue. The Esua Tova Synagogue was built in 1840 in the [...]
The Arch of Triumph
Posted by raluca on December 14th, 2010
Photo by Roddy Murray The Arch of Triumph is a monument located in the north of Bucharest, at the intersection of Kiselyov highway with Prezan Constantin, Alexander Averescu and Alexandru Constantinescu boulevards. The monument, designed by Petre Antonescu, was built between 1921-1922 and renovated in the period 1935-1936. It commemorates Romania’s victory in the First [...]
The lakes of Bucharest
Posted by raluca on December 10th, 2010
Photo by gmr12 Bucharest has many lakes to be proud of, most of them built in entertainment purposes, others for scientific and natural purposes. List of lakes in Bucharest: * Baneasa Lake (District 1, located on the river Colentina. The river has an area of 40 ha, length of 3 km, a width of 50-400 [...]
Herastrau Lake
Posted by raluca on December 10th, 2010
Photo by gmr12 Herastrau Lake is one of the lakes of Bucharest city. It was arranged by the sanitation, between 1930 – 1935, of a marshy area located then on the outskirts of town. It has an area of 74 hectares. The lake is fed and is part of the Colentina river. It is used [...]
The Roman Arenas
Posted by raluca on November 30th, 2010
The Roman Arenas is a newly built complex in Carol Park, in Bucharest, for outdoor performances. In 1918, thanks to the Great Union, the park has been named the “Freedom Park”, and the theater was also renamed the “Liberty Arenas”. The Summer Theatre, built after the Roman model, was built by the architect Leonida Negrescu, [...]
“The Giants” statues
Posted by raluca on November 30th, 2010
Photo by dan_i45 “The Giants” statues are two statues now placed in Carol Park in Bucharest, on the main driveway of the park, near the entrance to the park from the June 11 Market. The 3.5 meters high statues, found at a distance of 50 meters apart, at the opposite ends of an perpendicular axis [...]
The Carol Park
Posted by raluca on November 30th, 2010
Photo by dan_i45 Carol Park or the Liberty Park is a park located in sector 4 of Bucharest, on Filaret Hill. The park was developed between 1900-1906 after the plans of the French landscape architect Eduard Redont and was inaugurated in 1906 to celebrate the 40 years of the reign of King Carol I. On [...]
