Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in Bucharest, Romania located around the Cotroceni hill, in the 6th district of Western Bucharest. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bucharest Romanian: Bucureşti) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania, located in the southeast of the country, on the Dâmboviţa river. ...
The Hill of Cotroceni was once covered by the forest of Vlăsia, which covered most of today's Bucharest. Here, in 1679 a monastery was built Şerban Cantacuzino, later to be transformed into a palace in 1888. Serban Cantacuzino (1640-1688) was a voivode of Wallachia in Romania between 1678 and 1688. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
Landmarks
The Cotroceni Palace, the official residence of the Romanian president is located in this neighbourhood
Bucharest Botanical Garden which has an area of 105,000 square metres
The Bucharest Opera building and the Bucharest Municipal Hospital.
The nearest Metro stations are Eroilor and Politehnica. Cotroceni Palace is a palace of Bucharest which is the residence of the President of Romania. ... Bucharest Metro Map The Bucharest Metro (Metroul BucureÅŸti in Romanian) is an underground urban railway network that serves the capital of Romania, Bucharest. ...
The CotroceniPalace is a part of the Cotroceni National Museum which is a specialized institution focused upon reflecting the history of the Medieval and Modern Cotroceni, upon the evolution and transformations that came up in time.
The Cotrocenipalace, church and monastery reflect a three-century history that interweaves political, military, diplomatic, religious and cultural aspects, directly with the general evolution of Romanian society.
Among the most remarcable objects exhibited are the richly adorned tombstones, an expression of the admirable art of the stoneworkers and decorators, as well as carvings that prove the vigour of the Cantacuzinian and Brancovenian art and architecture.
CotroceniPalace is a palace of Bucharest which is the residence of the President of Romania, located at Bulevardul Geniului, nr.
On the Cotroceni hill, in 1679 Åerban Cantacuzino built a monastery and this was the place where a palace was built by French architect Paul Gottereau for King Carol I of Romania in 1888.
In Romanian folklore, an owl is said to be a funerary birds, which announces the imminent death of somebody, as the hooting of the owl is likened to a mourning.
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