Old Town
Old Town is a suburb in Sector 3, Municipiul Bucureşti, Bucharest. Old Town is situated nearby to the suburb Lipscani, as well as near the neighborhood Blanduzia.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stavropoleos Monastery and The Old Court Princely Palace.
Stavropoleos Monastery
Photo: Neoclassicism Enthusiast, Public domain.
Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania.
The Old Court Princely Palace
Photo: Stefan Jurca, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Curtea Veche was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the Muzeul Municipiului București in the historic centre of Bucharest, Romania.
National History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National History Museum of Romania is a museum located at 12 Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bucharest Old Town and Centrul Civic.
Bucharest Old Town
Suburb
Photo: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 2.0.
The Old Town is located in the center of Bucharest, 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.
Centrul Civic
Suburb
Photo: VictorCozmei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centrul Civic is a district in central Bucharest, Romania, which was completely rebuilt in the 1980s as part of the scheme of systematization under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, which included the construction of new civic centres in the Romanian cities.
Cotroceni
Suburb
Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in western Bucharest, Romania, located around the Cotroceni hill, in Bucharest's Sector 5. The nearest Metro stations are Eroilor, Academia Militară, and Politehnica.
Old Town
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Sector 3, Municipiul Bucureşti, Bucharest, Wallachian Plain, Muntenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.43154° or 44° 25′ 54″ northLongitude
26.10013° or 26° 6′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8GP8C4J2+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 240572668OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Old Town” goes by many names.
- French: “Vieille ville”
- German: “Altstadt”
- Italian: “Città Vecchia”
- Romanian: “Centrul Vechi”
- Spanish: “Casco Antiguo”
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