Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in western
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 ...
, Romania located around the Cotroceni hill, in Bucharest's
Sector 5.
The nearest
Metro
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Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
stations are
Eroilor,
Academia Militară, and
Politehnica Politehnica may refer to:
*Politehnica University of Bucharest
*Politehnica University of Timișoara
*Politehnica metro station
Politehnica is a metro station in Bucharest. It is one of the three stations located near the campus of the Universit ...
.
History
The Hill of Cotroceni was once covered by the
forest of Vlăsia, which covered most of today's Bucharest. Here, in 1679 a monastery was built by
Șerban Cantacuzino
Șerban Cantacuzino (), (1634/1640 – 29 October 1688) was a Prince of Wallachia between 1678 and 1688.
Life and career
Cantacuzino took part in the Ottoman campaign which ended in their defeat at the Battle of Vienna. According to Gaster (191 ...
, later to be transformed into a palace in 1888 by
King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
Carol I
Carol I or Charles I of Romania (20 April 1839 – ), born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (''Domnitor'') from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He w ...
. Houses were built in the area near the palace by the royal servants and by high-ranking military personnel.
Carol I also build a royal train station named near the palace. The train station was relocated by the
communist regime
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and was later used for transporting materials for the construction of
Casa Poporului.
Notable people
Important Romanian figures who lived in this neighborhood: Ion Barbu
Ion Barbu (, pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved ...
, Nicolae Herlea, Ion Minulescu
Ion Minulescu (; 6 January 1881 – 11 April 1944) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic, and playwright. Often publishing his works under the pseudonyms I. M. Nirvan and Koh-i-Noor (the latte ...
, Marin Preda
Marin Preda (; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County, Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească publis ...
, and Liviu Rebreanu
Liviu Rebreanu (; November 27, 1885 – September 1, 1944) was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist.
Life
Born in Felsőilosva (now Târlișua, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania), then part of the Kingd ...
.
Landmarks
* Cotroceni Palace
Cotroceni Palace (Romanian: ''Palatul Cotroceni'') is the official residence of the President of Romania. It is located at ''Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1'', in Bucharest, Romania. The palace also houses the National Cotroceni Museum.
History
The ...
, the official residence of the President of Romania
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, is located in this neighbourhood
* Bucharest Botanical Garden
The Bucharest Botanical Garden ( ro, Grădina Botanică din București), now named after its founder, Dimitrie Brândză, is located in the Cotroceni neighbourhood of Bucharest, Romania. It has a surface of , including of greenhouses, and has m ...
* Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy ( ro, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila”) or University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, commonly known by the abbreviation UMFCD, is a public health sciences university i ...
* The Bucharest Opera
The Romanian National Opera, Bucharest ( ro, Opera Națională București) is one of the four national opera and ballet companies of Romania. The company is headquartered in Bucharest, near the Cotroceni neighbourhood.
History
In 1877, Romanian ...
building
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* New St. Eleftherios Church
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* Casa Radio
Gallery
File:Preziosi - Cotroceni, Poștalionul Domnesc.jpg, Carol I in the Royal coach in Cotroceni, 1860s
Image:Mănăstirea Cotroceni, 1860.jpg, Cotroceni Monastery, 1860
Image:Cotroceni harta 1895.jpg, Map of Cotroceni area, circa 1895
References
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Districts of Bucharest
Hills of Bucharest