The National Military Circle (The Officers’ Circle, 1910-1923
Resembling the Opera Garnier in Paris, The Officers’ Circle Palace (the construction started in 1911 but due to occurrence of the WWI, it was officially inaugurated only in 1923) is one of the most beautiful and representative buildings in Bucharest. The architect, Dimitrie Maimarolu, was among the Romanian architects who promoted the Beaux-Arts school’s models which changed the appearance of the city in the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The edifice was built for the Officers’ Circle of the Bucharest military garrison, organization of the Romanian Army officers founded in 1876. The palace was famous for the glamorous balls held there in the period between the two world wars. The fountain in front of the Officers’ Circle Palace bears the name of the old Sarindar monastery, the earliest edifice on site.
The Officers’ Circle Palace is today the central cultural institution of the Romanian army. The sumptuous interiors are currently used for various cultural events.
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The Flag of Romania
The national flag of Romania României) is a tricolor with vertical stripes, beginning from the flagpole: blue, yellow and red. .Red, yellow and blue were found on late 16th century royal grants of Michael the Brave, as well as shields and banners. During the Wallachian uprising of 1821, they were present on the canvas of the revolutionaries' flag and its fringes; for the first time a meaning was attributed to them: "Liberty (sky-blue), Justice (field yellow), Fraternity (blood red)".
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The Savings Bank Palace (1900)Capture Date: Oct 5, 2013 03:54 AM•Views: 11No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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BucharestCapture Date: Oct 5, 2013 03:56 AM•Views: 11No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Dracula's Blood BankCapture Date: Oct 5, 2013 03:57 AM•Views: 13No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Parliament Palace (1984-1990)Capture Date: Oct 5, 2013 03:57 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Chamber of Deputies (1904)
The former Palace of the Chamber of Deputies (1904), a monumental portico building with a unique dome, which once housed the National Assembly, and later the country’s Parliament.
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The Chamber of Deputies (1904)
The Palace of the Chamber of Deputies (now the Palace of the Patriarchate also known as the Palace of the Great National Assembly during the Communist regime) is a building in Bucharest, Romania located on the plateau of Dealul Mitropoliei. The building served as the seat of successive Romanian legislatures: of the Assembly of Deputies during the Kingdom of Romania, then of the Communist-era Great National Assembly, and after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, of the Chamber of Deputies. Parliamentarians vacated the building in 1997, when it passed to the Patriarchate of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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Right-The Patriarchal Cathedral (1658) Left- Palace of the Chamber of Deputies (1904)
This complex is located on a small rise in the center of Bucharest know as Patriarchy Hill. Important Romanian historic events unfolded here- on the 24th of January 1859 the Elective Assembly voted for the the Unification of the Romanian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldova, by choosing Alexander Ioan Cuza as Prince of both countries. On Patriarchy Hill the Independence of the country was declared (1878) and the Kingdom formed(1881).
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Ornate Orthodox Cross atop the Patriarchal CathedralCapture Date: Oct 5, 2013 04:03 AM•Views: 9No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Portico-The Patriarchal CathedralCapture Date: Oct 5, 2013 04:04 AM•Views: 9No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Patriarchal Chapel to the west of the CathedralCapture Date: Oct 5, 2013 04:04 AM•Views: 10No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Patriarchal Palace (R) and Chapel {L)
On the Western side there is the Patriarchal Palace (1935), residence of the Patriarch, and its Chapel (1723) with the Brancovan style porch. The Brâncovenesc style, also known as Wallachian Renaissance and Romanian Renaissance, is an art and architectural style that evolved during the administration of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.Brâncoveanu was an administrator of the Principality of Wallachia (between 1688 and 1714) under Ottoman Empire overlords, an extremely wealthy aristocrat, and a builder of fine palaces and churches.The design style developed in Wallachia, in present day southern Romania. Brâncovenesc style is synthesis between the Byzantine, Ottoman, late Renaissance, and Baroque architecture. It was also a unique hybrid of Romanian Orthodox Christian ediface styles working with the dominant Islamic architecture of the Ottoman Empire, of which the Principality of Wallachia was then, as a vassal state, an integral part.
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Orthodox Cross motifCapture Date: Oct 5, 2013 04:04 AM•Views: 9No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Bell Tower (1698) of the Patriarchal Cathedral complex
To the east of the cathedral rises the Bell Tower (1698), the only remaining vestige of the original walled precinct.
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