București - Ilfov
The București – Ilfov development region is a development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region with 2,270,000 residents
- Description: region in Romania
- Also known as: “Bucuresti - Ilfov” and “București-Ilfov”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Romanian Atheneum and National Arena.
Romanian Atheneum
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
National Arena
Stadium
Photo: Stratoreaper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Arena is a retractable roof football stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It opened in 2011 on the site of the original National Stadium, which was demolished between 2007 and 2008.
National Cathedral
Church
Photo: MIHAIL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Cathedral, also known as the People's Salvation Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, built to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bucharest and Popești-Leordeni.
Bucharest
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bucharest is Romania's capital and largest city. Bucharest has a very interesting mix of old and new: finding a 300-year-old church near a steel-and-glass tower that sits next to a communist-style building is commonplace in Bucharest.
Popești-Leordeni
Town
Popești-Leordeni is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, 9 km south of downtown Bucharest, although from the northern edge of the town to the southern edge of Bucharest the distance is less than 100 m. Popești-Leordeni is situated 8 km southeast of București - Ilfov.
Voluntari
Town
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Voluntari is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located at a distance of 1 km from the northern border of Bucharest and is thus frequently viewed as a suburb of Bucharest. Voluntari is situated 9 km northeast of București - Ilfov.
București - Ilfov
- Categories: development region of Romania and administrative territorial entity
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“București - Ilfov” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bucharest-Ilfov”
- Basque: “Bukarest-Ilfov”
- Belarusian: “Бухарэсцкі рэгіён разьвіцьця Румыніі”
- Chinese: “布加勒斯特-伊爾福夫發展地區”
- Dutch: “București - Ilfov”
- French: “Région de développement București-Ilfov”
- French: “Région de développement de Bucarest-Ilfov”
- German: “Region Bukarest-Ilfov”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Βουκουρεστίου-Ιλφόβ”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Βουκουρεστίου-Ίλφοβ”
- Hungarian: “Bukarest-Ilfov fejlesztési régió”
- Ido: “Developo-regiono București-Ilfov”
- Italian: “Regione di sviluppo București-Ilfov”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “București og Ilfov (regionalt utviklingsområde Romania)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Utviklingsregion București-Ilfov”
- Norwegian: “București og Ilfov”
- Polish: “Region Bukareszt-Ilfov”
- Romanian: “Regiunea de dezvoltare Bucureşti - Ilfov”
- Romanian: “Regiunea de dezvoltare București - Ilfov”
- Romanian: “Regiunea de dezvoltare București-Ilfov”
- Spanish: “București - Ilfov (Región de desarrollo)”
- Spanish: “București - Ilfov”
- Turkish: “Bucureşti-Ilfov”
- Turkish: “Bükreş-Ilfov”
- Urdu: “بخارسٹ-الیفوف”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Piața Unirii and Cotroceni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hilton Garden Inn Bucharest Old Town and Stavropoleos Monastery.
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