Bucharest History
Sightseeing
The oldest private lodging in Bucharest now hosts the small museum Theodor Pallady and the collection of paintings originally belonging to Serafina and Gheorghe Răut. The museum features paintings and drawings of this well-known Romanian painter (a good friend of Henry Matisse), and other French and Dutch paintings, sculptures and art objects.
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Theodor Pallady Museum
22 Strada SpătaruluiThe oldest private lodging in Bucharest now hosts the small museum Theodor Pallady and the collection of paintings originally belonging to Serafina and Gheorghe Răut. The museum features paintings and drawings of this well-known Romanian painter (a good friend of Henry Matisse), and other French and Dutch paintings, sculptures and art objects.
Construction of Romania’s most famous building, Palatul Parlamentului (known universally as Casa Poporului) began in 1984, and continued through what were the darkest days of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime. Standing 84m above ground level on 12 floors, the building has long been shrouded in mystery, rumour and hyperbole. Originally designed (by a young architect: Anca Petrescu, who was just 28 at the time) to house almost all of the apparatus of the communist state, it today plays host to the Romanian parliament, a conference centre and Romania’s National Museum of Contemporary Art. Much of the building, however, remains unused. The public tour of the building is thoroughly recommended.
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Palace of Parliament
7 Bulevardul Nicolae BălcescuConstruction of Romania’s most famous building, Palatul Parlamentului (known universally as Casa Poporului) began in 1984, and continued through what were the darkest days of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime. Standing 84m above ground level on 12 floors, the building has long been shrouded in mystery, rumour and hyperbole. Originally designed (by a young architect: Anca Petrescu, who was just 28 at the time) to house almost all of the apparatus of the communist state, it today plays host to the Romanian parliament, a conference centre and Romania’s National Museum of Contemporary Art. Much of the building, however, remains unused. The public tour of the building is thoroughly recommended.