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Bucharest Russian Church built. Saint Basil the Great Cathedral opened. 1912 – Military Circle built. [1] 1913 – City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913). 1914 – Anglican Church (Bucharest) built. 1916 6 December: German occupation of city begins. [10] [19] August: City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1916). 1918
During the Iron Age, the area was inhabited by a population identified with the Getae and the Dacians, who spoke an Indo-European language.The view that the two groups were the same is disputed, [4] while the culture's latter phase can be attributed to the Dacians; small Dacian settlements—such as Herăstrău, Radu Vodă, Dămăroaia, Lacul Tei, Pantelimon, and Popești-Leordeni—were found ...
Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art.
The now kingdom of Romania had great territorial ambitions which, once they were promised by the Entente, dragged Romania to World War I in 1916. Initially, it suffered a defeat leading to the loss of its Carpathian mountain passes and Dobruja in 1918. During this period, the union of Bessarabia with Romania was achieved.
The FSN split that year, beginning a period of coalition governments that lasted until 2000, when Iliescu's Social Democratic Party (then the Party of Social Democracy in Romania, PDSR, now PSD), returned to power and Iliescu again became President, with Adrian Năstase as Prime Minister.
Born in the Ottoman Empire in today's Greece he lived in Romania most of his life. Romania becomes the first European country to abolish the death penalty. [160] This, however, did not last, it is now abolished in Romania since 1990. [161] 1866
Although construction was planned to begin in 1941, due to geo-political factors, the Bucharest Metro was only opened in 1979. Now it is one of the most accessed systems of the Bucharest public transport network with an average ridership of 800,000 passengers during the workweek. [109] In total, the network is 71 km long and has 53 stations. [110]
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