Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bucharest, Romania

The Theodor Pallady Museum is a museum situated in one of the oldest surviving merchant houses in Bucharest, Romania. It includes many works by the well-known Romanian painter Theodor Pallady, as well as a number of European and Oriental furniture pieces. Built in the second half of the 18th century, the house is named after its most illustrious owner, Iacob Melic.

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The Popa Chițu Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 33 Logofătul Luca Stroici Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to Saint Spyridon.

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A statue of Ion Luca Caragiale, sculpted by Constantin Baraschi, is located on Maria Rosetti Street in central Bucharest, Romania. It is placed in front of the house where the dramatist and short story writer Ion Luca Caragiale once lived.

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The Darvari Skete is a Romanian Orthodox skete located at 3 Schitul Darvari Street, Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.

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The Icoanei Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 12 Icoanei Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

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Grădina Icoanei is a small park in central Bucharest, situated not far away from Piața Romană and Bulevardul Magheru. The park, located next to Gheorghe Cantacuzino Plaza in Sector 2 of the city, was inaugurated in 1873.

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The Italian Church of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic church located in Bucharest, Romania, at 28 Nicolae Bălcescu Boulevard. The Lombard Romanesque red brick edifice was built between 1915–1916 and consecrated by bishop Raymond Netzhammer in 1916. Owned by the Italian government, it is surrounded by apartment blocks. Services are held daily in Romanian at 6 PM, and on Sundays, in Polish at 9 AM, Romanian at 10 AM, Italian at 11 AM.

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Boteanu Church is an Orthodox church in Bucharest, sector 1. At this Church there is a part of the relics of St. John James. The history of the church stretches back to 1682, when a monk named Mihul built a church dedicated to "The Cutting of the Head of Saint John the Baptist". The church is better known as "Bradu-Boteanu" because a tall fir tree grew next to the church and because the church was near a slum called "Boteanului".

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The Memorial of Rebirth is a memorial in Bucharest, Romania that commemorates the struggles and victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism. The memorial complex was inaugurated in August 2005 in Revolution Square, where Romania's Communist-era dictator, Nicolae Ceaușescu, was publicly overthrown in December 1989.

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The “Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest is a library in central Bucharest, located across the street from the National Museum of Art of Romania.

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The Romanian Athenaeum is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's most prestigious concert hall and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and of the George Enescu Festival.

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The White Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 110 Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.

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The bust of Gheorghe Panu is the work of the Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Horvath. The monument is also called "The Sower of Ideas" and was erected by the newspaper "Adevărul" by public subscription.

Wikipedia: Bustul lui Gheorghe Panu din București (RO)

The National Archives of Romania, until 1996 the State Archives, are the national archives of Romania, headquartered in Bucharest. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There are 42 regional branches, one in each county of Romania and one in Bucharest.

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The Romanian National Opera, Bucharest is one of the four national opera and ballet companies of Romania. The company is headquartered in Bucharest, near the Cotroceni neighbourhood.

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Saint Elefterie Nou Church in Bucharest is an Orthodox place of worship built in 1935-1971. The church is located in the Cotroceni neighborhood of Bucharest, on Sf. Elefterie Street No. 1 and was designed by architect Constantin Iotzu. Near it is the Church of Saint Old Elefterius, with the same dedication.

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Elefterie Nou din Bucureşti (RO)

The Church of Saint Elefterie Vechi in Bucharest was built from the donation of Constantin sin [= son of] Macsin Cupețul, with the help and supervision of Metropolitan Neofit, between 1743-1744, during the reign of Mihai Racoviță. The church, located in sector 5 of Bucharest, is a historical monument.

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Saint Elisabeth Chapel was founded by Queen Elisabeth who laid the foundation stone on April 24, 1870, inside the Elena Doamna Orphan Asylum built by Elena Cuza based on the document signed on July 18, 1862 by her husband, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

Wikipedia: Capela Elisabeta Doamna din București (RO)