![Bucharest Quarter Dorobanti](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bucharest_Quarter_Dorobanti.svg)
Dorobanți is a neighborhood in
Sector 1,
Bucharest
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. The neighborhood is dominated by red brick buildings and glass buildings. Main intersections/squares are Perla, Dorobanți Square, ,
Charles de Gaulle Square
Charles de Gaulle Square ( ro, Piața Charles de Gaulle) is a square in northern Bucharest, Romania. It lies at the intersection of Aviatorilor, Constantin Prezan and Primăverii Boulevards, and Calea Dorobanților.
In the centre of the square ...
, and
Quito Square. Main streets are , Iancu de Hunedoara Avenue, Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard, and a small part of Ștefan cel Mare Boulevard. The district features many embassy buildings, and local cafés are regarded as meeting places of Bucharest's
nouveau riche
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.
History
''Calea Dorobanți'' is one of the oldest streets with heavy traffic in Bucharest. The area around the street was designed and built as an exclusive district. The current name was given to the street in 1878, after the
Romanian War of Independence
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, as a tribute to the Romanian infantry troops (''Dorobanți'' in Romanian) who fought at
Pleven,
Vidin
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and
Grivitsa
Grivitsa ( bg, Гривица, ; also transliterated as ''Grivitza'' or ''Grivica'') is a village in Pleven Municipality, Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria. It is primarily known as the site of one of the key engagements in the Siege of ...
.
The street runs from to the south to Dorobanți Square to the north.
In 1947, the
Zambaccian Museum was founded in the neighbourhood.
Borders
Dorobanți neighborhood is delimited in the south by
Piața Romană, in the south-east by Mihai Eminescu Street, in the east by Polonă Street, Floreasca Avenue, and the
Floreasca
Floreasca () is a district in Bucharest, Romania, in Sector 2. Its name comes from Lake Floreasca, which is situated in the north of the neighborhood. The Floreasca Hospital is also situated in the neighborhood, in its southern part. Floreasc ...
district, in the north-east by
Primăverii neighborhood, in the north by
Herăstrău
King Michael I Park ( ro, Parcul "Regele Mihai I"), formerly
Herăstrău Park ( ro, Parcul Herăstrău), is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău, one of the lakes formed by the Colentina River.
Geograp ...
neighborhood, in the west by Aviatorilor Avenue and
Victory Square, and in the south-west by Lascăr Catargiu Avenue.
Transport
* There are four metro stations, one located in each corner of the neighborhood:
Aviatorilor in the north;
Victoriei on the west;
Romană in the south; and
Ștefan cel Mare in the east.
* Bucharest Transit Corporation (
RATB) lines 331, 301, 131, 282, 182, 330, 684, 335, and 783 and a tram-line serve this district.
Gallery
Image:Dorobanti001.jpg, Visarion Orthodox Church
Image:Dorobanti003.jpg, Greek-Catholic Cathedral of Saint Basil the Great in Strada Polonă
Image:Dorobanti004.jpg, Broșteanu Orthodox Church
File:Appartment_blocks_in_Dorobanti_quarter.JPG, Apartment blocks in Dorobanți
File:Blocul Zodiac.jpg, Zodiac building, on Calea Dorobanților
File:Casa Maria Lahovary 02.jpg, Maria Lahovary house, on Calea Dorobanților
References
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Districts of Bucharest