In 1977, Nicolae Ceauşescu made the palace a guest house and the old church of Cantacuzino was demolished in 1985. Since 1991, it is the residence of the Romanian President and also the National Cotroceni Museum is opened for the public.
During the time when Ion Iliescu was president, the press said that in the park which surrounds the Cotroceni Palace settled an owl. In Romanian folklore, an owl is said to be a funerary birds, which announces the imminent death of somebody, as the howling of the owl is likened to a mourning. Following this, it is alleged that a hunter was hired to shot down this owl.
The Palace of Cotroceni is a palace of Bucharest that is the residence of the President of Rumania, located in Bulevardul Geniului, nr.
In the hill of Cotroceni, in 1679 Serban Cantacuzino built a monastery and this was the place where a palace was built by French architect Paul Gottereau for the Villancico of King I of Rumania in 1888.
In the Rumanian folklore, an owl is said to be a funeral bird that announces the imminent death of someone, as the to whistle of the owl is likened to a call of the mourning.
In 1977, Nicolae CeauÅescu made the palace a guest house and the old church of Cantacuzino was demolished in 1985.
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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