National Cathedral

The National Cathedral, also known as the People's Salvation Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in , , built to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Romanian Orthodox
  • Description: cathedral in Bucharest
  • Also known as: “Bukaresti rahvuskatedraal”, “Catedral de la Salvació del Poble”, “Catedral de la Salvació del Poble Romanès”, “Catedral de la Salvacion del Pueblo Rumano”, “Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului Român”, “Catedrala Națională din București”, “Cattedrale della Salvezza della Nazione”, “Cattedrale della Salvezza della Stirpe rumena”, “Cattedrale Nazionale di Bucarest”, “Cattedrale Nazionale ortodossa”, “Katedrála spásy lidu”, “Katedrála spásy rumunského lidu”, “Kathedraal van de Verlossing van het Volk”, “Kathedrale der Erlösung des rumänischen Volkes”, “Kathedrale der Erlösung des Volkes”, “National Cathedral of Romania”, “Nationalkathedrale in Bukarest”, “Nationalkathedrale von Bukarest”, “People’s Salvation Cathedral”, “Rahva Päästmise katedraal”, “Romanian kansan pelastuksen katedraali”, “Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral”, “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Σωτηρίας του Λαού”, “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Σωτηρίας του Ρουμανικού Λαού”, “Избавление на румънския род”, “Катедралата на народното спасение”, “Катедралата на спасението на румънската нация”, and “Националната катедрала на Букурещ”
  • Address: Calea 13 Septembrie, București

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Contemporary Art and Cotroceni Stadium.

Museum
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The is a contemporary art in , . The museum is located in a new glass wing of the , one of the largest administrative buildings in the world. is situated 420 metres northeast of National Cathedral.

Stadium
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The is a football in , . It holds 14,542 people. The venue was the home ground of Progresul București. The stadium was built in 1995, being the first stadium built, after the fall of Communism in Romania in 1989. is situated 610 metres west of National Cathedral.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 620 metres southeast of National Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 13 Septembrie and Cotroceni.

Suburb
13th of September is a district in the south of , in , close to the city center.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in western , Romania, located around the hill, in Bucharest's . The nearest Metro stations are , , and Politehnica.

Suburb
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The Old Town is located in the center of , Romania, and is known for its nightlife. Ion C. Brătianu Boulevard crosses the historic center from north to south, dividing this area into two approximately equal parts.

National Cathedral

Latitude
44.42592° or 44° 25′ 33″ north
Longitude
26.08229° or 26° 4′ 56″ east
Inception
November 25th, 2018
Height
52 metres (171 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8GP8C3GJ+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232332568
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­romanian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q1428093
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“National Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الكاتدرائية الوطنية في رومانيا”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية خلاص الشعب”
  • Basque: “Bucaresteko Eliza Nazionala”
  • Basque: “Eliza Nazionala”
  • Bulgarian: “Националната катедрала”
  • Bulgarian: “Спасение на нацията”
  • Catalan: “Catedral Nacional de Bucarest”
  • Catalan: “Catedral Nacional”
  • Chinese: “人民救恩主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “罗马尼亚人民救主主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “罗马尼亚国家大教堂”
  • Chinese: “羅馬尼亞人民救主主教座堂”
  • Czech: “Bukurešťská národní katedrála”
  • Czech: “Národní katedrála”
  • Czech: “Rumunská národní katedrála”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Redding van het Volk”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Verlossing van het Roemeense Volk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه خلاص الشعب”
  • Estonian: “Rumeenia rahvuskatedraal”
  • Finnish: “Kansan pelastuksen katedraali”
  • French: “Cathédrale du salut de la nation roumaine de Bucarest”
  • French: “cathédrale du salut de la nation”
  • French: “Cathédrale Nationale”
  • Georgian: “რუმინელი ხალხის ხსნის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Nationalkathedrale Bukarest”
  • German: “Nationalkathedrale”
  • Greek: “Εθνικός Καθεδρικός Ναός Βουκουρεστίου”
  • Greek: “Εθνικός Καθεδρικός Ναός”
  • Hebrew: “הקתדרלה הלאומית”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת הישועה של העם הרומני”
  • Hungarian: “Nemzet megváltása székesegyház”
  • Hungarian: “Nemzeti Székesegyház”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Nasional Rumania”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale della Salvezza del Popolo”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale Nazionale”
  • Japanese: “ルーマニア国立大聖堂”
  • Korean: “루마니아 국립 대성당”
  • Korean: “인민구원대성당”
  • Macedonian: “Катедрала „Народен спас“”
  • Macedonian: “Народен спас”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع رستگاری مردم رومانی”
  • Polish: “Katedra Narodowa”
  • Polish: “Katedra Zbawienia Narodu w Bukareszcie”
  • Polish: “Katedra Zbawienia Narodu”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral Nacional”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Națională”
  • Russian: “Собор спасения нации”
  • Russian: “Собор Спасения Нации”
  • Serbian: “Саборни храм Спаса народа”
  • Serbian: “Храм спаса румунског народа”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Salvación del Pueblo”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Nacional de Bucarest”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Nacional”
  • Swedish: “Folkets frälsnings katedral”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารความรอดของประชาชน”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний собор”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор спасіння нації”
  • Western Frisian: “Katedraal fan de Ferlossing fan it Folk”

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