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Photo: Giuseppe Milo from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A part of the city's historical heart was not demolished by Nicolae Ceaușescu. The area (stretching approximately between the Dâmbovița river to the south, Calea Victoriei to the west, Calea Moșilor to the east and the Regina Elisabeta boulevard to the north) contains an assortment of middle 19th-century buildings, ruins of the Wallachian princes' medieval court, churches, bank headquarters, a few hotels, clubs, restaurants and shops. Narrow cobblestoned streets retain the names of the ancient guilds that resided on them. The area was mostly renovated and is now a place of gathering for the young generation of the city.
The Old Town is located in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and is known for its nightlife.
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Old Princely Court Museum
The ruins of the crown palace of the Wallachian princes, some parts dating as early as the 16th century. It’s around an earlier fortification in this place that Bucharest began to develop.
Old Court Church, Biserica Curtea Veche
The Church of the Old Princely Court, built around 1559, used to be the coronation church of the Wallachian princes.
Biserica Stavropoleos
Built in the early 18th century, has some stunning decorative sculpture and amazing frescoes. A little jewel.
Biserica Sfântul Gheorghe Nou din București
Dating from the 18th century, houses the tombs of princes Constantin Brâncoveanu and Ion Mavrocordat.
Muzeul Național de Istorie a României
It's in a neoclassical late 19th-century building, and has exhibits documenting the evolution of society on Romania’s territory from the Paleolithic until today, a replica of Trajan’s Column in Rome and a very interesting collection of jewellery and bronze articles from Roman times up to the Kingdom of Romania.
Muzeul Național Filatelic
Come here for stamps, stamp collections, postal items: boxes of values, old paintings, seals, horns, prints, old letters, maps postal coachmen costumes, furniture used in post offices, etc.