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The great fire from 1847 which destroied much of the city





The Coltea tower at 1841




The Phanariot prince Alexander Moruzi (1793-1796) receiving at 19 July 1794 the English ambasador to Istanbul, in passing by Wallachia





The musicians of 2nd Regiment dancing the Hora at the party gived by prince Alexander Ghica in 1837




Bucharest in 17th century




Bucharest in the middle of 19th century




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1832




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1843




The French consul at Bucharest in 1843




Boyar Iordache Filipescu at ~1843



Phanariot voivod Nicolae Mavrogheni (1786-1789) in stag trailed carriage






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Beautiful pictures. But more "today" pictures please.
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Yes, Menumorut, do you have any pictures of the mid and late 20th Century? Great pictures, especially those showing the macro-progression of Bucharest. 
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#what was the cause of the fire of 1847?
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The images above illustrates how, in the first half of 19th century, Romanians from Wallachia (and Moldavia too) passed from Oriental style of life to Occidental.



These images were about the past. I shall put next with the today Bucharest, then again with the yesterday Bucharest and so on.





what was the cause of the fire of 1847?


A child played with fire, burned a barrel with crude oil, the house taken fire and the wind extended the desaster.


Bancorex tower





Novotel Hotel (finished last summer)




The Triumph Arch and the House of Free Press in the background (a Stalinist epoch style building)




Universitatii square, the heart of the city





The Parliament House






Image from the balcony of the Parliament



Buzesti street





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Very interesting pics,thank you very much!Smile
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Nice pictures...Say, what was the cause of the fire? 
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Say, what was the cause of the fire?


A banal one, a child played with the fire.



To understand the evolution of the city, readHistory of Bucharest


The source of the stamps above are these pages:

http://www.show.ro/bucuresti/index.htm
http://www.show.ro/bucuresti/index_2.htm
http://www.show.ro/bucuresti/index_3.htm
http://www.show.ro/bucuresti/index_4.htm
http://www.show.ro/bucuresti/index_5.htm


Look other old images:


Stavropoleos church, by Preziosi




The Mosilor Market in 1869. The Mosilor Market (Targul Mosilor) was the place where the markets took place outside Bucharest since 15th century. The market was linked with the town by Mosilor Way. Today, in the place of Mosilor Market is Bucur Obor which still is the main shopping center of Bucharest, considering the largest agroalimentary market and the mall together.






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SOme images of Bucharest in the first decades of 20th century:








Edited by Menumorut - 25-Mar-2007 at 04:06

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More images with the todaz Bucharest:


View of the Charles de Gaule square with a big office building and the Romanian National Television in back of it




Romexpo and Sofitel




View from Intercontinental to Parliament House





View from Post Palace to the Senat and Sala Palatului





View from Intercontinental to Ateneu





Selari street






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Wonderful pictures.

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Herastrau, the biggest park of Bucharest





Unirea shopping center





The Eroilor Park with the mausoleum of the Communist dignitaries




Marriot Bucharest, the most expensive hotel in Romania







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The Palace of the Gouvern, in Victoriei Square




Victoriei square with BRD (Romanian Bank for Development) tower






Universitatii square to the Unirii





View with the National Theater in foreground





Another BRD building





The Macca Passage





Smrdan street with the National Library in the background





The Revolution square






The Michael the Brave statue





The Tribunal





The Politechnic University






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A new building





Another new building near the Catholic cathedral. Catholics protested against this project, even the Pope expressed his disaproval, the Senat asqued the stop of the works but the Gouvern (Democrat Party) which is strongly mafiotized permitted to continuation of the construction




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A live image of the boulevard from House of the Free Press to the Arch of Triumph (the image is changing every second):

http://82.76.75.160:59764/cgi-bin/guestimage.html

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I felt as If I were in Bucharest streets walking around. You took us to Bucharest, Menumorut, thank you for these pictures.
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Thank you for these words.

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A poster with Bucharest at the middle of 19th century:


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Great pictures, I really like the early 20th century ones.
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