Palace Of The Chamber Of Deputies
The Palace of the Chamber of Deputies ( ro, Palatul Camerei Deputaților) (now the Palace of the Patriarchate (''Palatul Patriarhiei''); also known as the Palace of the Great National Assembly (''Palatul Marii Adunări Naționale'') during the Communist Romania, Communist regime) is a building in Bucharest, Romania located on the plateau of Dealul Mitropoliei. The building served as the seat of successive Romanian legislatures: of the Assembly of Deputies during the Kingdom of Romania, then of the Communist-era Great National Assembly (Socialist Republic of Romania), Great National Assembly, and after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Chamber of Deputies. Parliamentarians vacated the building in 1997, when it passed to the Patriarchate of the Romanian Orthodox Church. History The earliest information about the hill on which the Palace would be built dates to about 1650.Greceanu, p. 172. At that time, Dealul Mitropoliei, later Dealul Patriarhiei ...
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Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ...
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