Bulevardul Magheru is a major street in central

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. Built in the early 20th century, it is named after General

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. Together with Bulevardul Bălcescu, Magheru connects

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and Piața Universității squares and was in the 1930s and 1940s Bucharest's most modern part. This is one of Europe and world's most representative

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boulevards, where the architecture in vogue in the 1930s is prevalent. Part of the major thoroughfare than runs through the middle of Bucharest, it is continued to the south of C. A. Rosetti Street by Nicolae Bălcescu Boulevard and then by Ion C. Brătianu Boulevard, and toward the north by Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard and Șoseaua Kiseleff. Bulevardul Magheru is one of the most expensive shopping streets in Europe.

Notable buildings and structures

Palatul Societatii de gaz si electricitate

Some notable buildings on Bulevardul Magheru are listed below, in the order in which they were built. * , built in 1923 by , now abandoned * , built in 1930 * Patria Cinema, housed in

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's modernist 10-story ARO building, built in 1931 * Gas and Electricity Society Palace, built in 1935 * Scala Cinema, built in 1937 * Casata building, built in 1938, destroyed during the 1977 earthquake, rebuilt after that * , built in 1939 * , founded in 1947 * ITB building, built in 1959 * Eva building, built in 1961 * ONT building, built in 1961 *

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, opened in 1988 The

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is just off the boulevard, on Arthur Verona Street.

Gallery

File:Bratianu si Magheru2.jpg, The boulevard in the late 1930s File:Strada Republicii (Bulevardul General Gheorghe Magheru) a Strada C. A. Rosetti kereszteződésétől nézve. Fortepan 9661.jpg, The boulevard in 1958 File:Bucuresti, Romania. Bulevardul Magheru 2017.jpg, The boulevard in 2017

References

External links

Magheru Boulevard on Flickr.com
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Notable buildings and structures

See also

Gallery

References

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