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The Romanian name București has an unverified origin. Tradition connects the founding of Bucharest with the name of Bucur, who was a prince, an outlaw, a fisherman, a shepherd or a hunter, according to different legends.
Bucur is the legendary Romanian shepherd who is said to have founded Bucharest, giving it his name.While the legend about the shepherd is probably apocryphal, the name of the city (Romanian: București) is actually quite likely derived from a person named Bucur, as the suffix -ești is used for settlements derived from personal names, usually of the owner of the land or of the founder, though ...
On August 31, the Soviet Red Army entered Bucharest. In February 1945, the Romanian Communist Party organized a protest in front of the Royal Palace, which witnessed violence and ended in the fall of the Nicolae Rădescu cabinet and the coming to power of the Communist-backed Petru Groza. On November 8, the King's Day, the new administration ...
This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. [1] For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals.
A total of 41 counties (Romanian: județe), along with the municipality of Bucharest, constitute the official administrative divisions of Romania.They represent the country's NUTS-3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics – Level 3) statistical subdivisions within the European Union and each of them serves as the local level of government within its borders.
Location of Romania. Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe.Following rapid economic growth in the early 2000s, Romania has an economy predominantly based on services, and is a producer and net exporter of machines and electric energy, featuring companies like Automobile Dacia and OMV Petrom.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest established. Saint Joseph Cathedral completed. Orient Express (Paris-Bucharest) begins operating. [1] 1884 – Doamna Balasa church built. [3] 1886 Romanian Philharmonic Society founded. Capșa Hotel in business. City hosts signing of the Treaty of Bucharest (1886). Romanian Athenaeum. 1888 Romanian ...
Previously, in 2005, the Romanian contemporary artist Vlad Nancă tagged the monument in stencil graffiti around it and on Bucharest walls as the "Monument of errors" (erori in Romanian) instead of "heroes" (eroi in Romanian), calling the obelisk a "horrid phallic grotesque thing" that disparages the sacrifice of the heroes of the 1989 ...