Bucharest is the capital and most prosperous city of Romania. It is also one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. Bucharest boasts of big convention facilities, educational institutes, cultural venues, traditional “shopping arcades” and recreational areas. Located in the southeast of the country, the city has a mixture of neo-classical, interbellum, communist-era and modern architecture. During the time between the World Wars, the city’s elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned the city the nickname, ‘Little Paris’. In the 1980s, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu tried to turn Bucharest into a model socialist-planned city. Much of the old city was ordered to be demolished and massive new state buildings, most prominently the Palace of Parliament, the world’s largest civilian administration building, were constructed in its place.
The major landmarks of the city are the Patriarchal Cathedral or Metropolitan Church, the New St. George Church, the Radu Vod and Stavropoleos Churches and the Athenaeum, devoted to art and music.
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