I did some research! Most of your major buildings, such as the Romanian Athenaeum (the picture on your site) were designed by French or French-trained architects and built in the years before World War I. (My ignorance, I was asking you which is the Romanian Athenaeum, when that is the beautiful building on your Multiply site!)
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Communist rule interrupted Bucharest's cosmopolitan days. Many years after the overthrown of the communist regime, the "House of the People" — the world's second largest building after the US Pentagon — reminds Romanians of the communist years. Only Romanian materials and products were used — local marble, cherry and walnut paneling, crystal chandeliers, specially commissioned hand-woven tapestries, carpets and draperies — to build what supposed to be the headquarters of Romania's last communist leader. Now renamed the Palace of Parliament, this magnificent building of 1,000 rooms reflects the work of the country's best architects and artisans. (Do you have a picture of the Palace of Parliament?)
Bucharest is one of the few cities in east-central Europe with gambling.(YAY! I like casinos.) Many 18th and 19th Century palaces and mansions now house elegant beaux-arts casinos, where guests can play blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, baccarat and other games of chance, dine on sumptuous buffets and dance all night to live music. (You have pictures of these?)
Today, Bucharest — the capital and largest city of Romania — is experiencing renewed vigor. The city reflects an interesting heritage of mixed cultures influenced by: the old Romanian aristocracy educated in France, the German King Carol I, and the communist society.
I say salute to lovely Bucharest of mixed heritage!
