Bucharest, the small Paris of the East

"Bucharest is a creation of our own nation, it expresses our originality, it is what were able to do(...) By its own vitality, Bucharest has managed to impose itself as a unique Capital, that had received all the attentive care of some great personalities we have not fully understood, to show then the gratitude they deserved" Nicolae Iorga "The History of Bucharest", 1939

A walk in time, on the streets and boulevards of this beautiful town, by the end of the nineteenth century - under the vaults of the boarding trees, so pleasantly shady during the summer heat - will lead us through a town that is no more and which fully deserved its name. We shall observe the French influence on some city squares with radical streets or we shall reach streets flooded with vegetation. We shall admire monuments, and we shall try to make revive the atmosphere of the last century; we shall notice its changes and evolution (...)

Source: http://museum.ici.ro/mbucur/english/micparis.htm

Romanian Nationale Bank (1880-85), architects Albert Galleron and Cassien Bernard		Poste Palace (1894), architect Savulescu
The Victoriei Way, the building of the House of Economy, The "Agricola" Society, Hôtel de France, The "Zlãtari" Church, The Central Post Office Building		Queen Elisabeta Avenue, built in 1890-94
The Agriculture minister (1894), architect Louis Blanc		The Justice Palace (1890-1895), with its famous "lost steps" room, architect Ion Mincu
The Romanian atheneum built between 1885-1888, architectul Albert Galleron		The Vienne street and the Paucescu House
The Royal Palace during King Charles I
The Throne Hall, The Guards, architect Paul Gottereau		The Golescu House
The terasse and the saloon Otetelesanu, linked to romanian literature. It was situated near National Theatre. Both demolished in 1930. Now there is Telephone Palace		National Theatre, 1859, architectul Heft. Now it doesn't exist

In 1882 – the first electrical illumination system, the first time at the Royal Palace, then at the National Theatre and in public garden Cismigiu.

At Sosea, near Victoriei place, there was the Belle Arte School, demolished in 1912 Now there is the Peasant Museum

The Cismigiu Gardens, the Monte Carlo Restaurant

In 1896 the first electrical tramway are built from Obor to the Cotroceni avenue. The first cinema is opened.

The Coltei Street, the Alimãristeanu House

Sf. Gheorghe Place, The symbol of Rome, The Woolf gift by Rome Townhall in 1905

Sursa: http://museum.ici.ro/mbucur/english/micparis.htm