Dudești () is a neighbourhood in
Sector 3 of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
. It is located in the south-eastern part of the city, along ''Calea Dudești''. Nearby neighbourhoods include
Vitan,
Văcărești, and
Dristor.
The
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
Dudești culture (
5th–
4th millennium BC
File:4th millennium BC montage.jpg, 400x400px, From top left clockwise: The Temple of Ġgantija, one of the oldest freestanding structures in the world; Warka Vase; Bronocice pot with one of the earliest known depictions of a wheeled vehicle; Kish ...
), which encompassed most of the
Wallachian Plain
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and
Dobruja
Dobruja or Dobrudja (; or ''Dobrudža''; , or ; ; Dobrujan Tatar: ''Tomrîğa''; Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and ) is a Geography, geographical and historical region in Southeastern Europe that has been divided since the 19th century betw ...
, gets its name from this region of Bucharest, as this was the first place where its archeological remains were found.
Originally a village, it was included in Bucharest as it expanded. Its name is related to the
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...
n aristocratic family of the Dudești, with an etymology leading back to the Romanian ''dud'', "
mulberry
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tree" and the suffix ''
-ești
The suffix ''-ești'' (pronounced , sometimes changed to ''-ăști'' ) is widespread in Romanian language, Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix ''-escu'', formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread in family nam ...
''. During the first reign of
Alexander Mourouzis as
Prince
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of Wallachia, in the context of a
bubonic plague
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outbreak, it became the site of a
quarantine
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d hospital for the afflicted.
Unlike other nearby areas, most of the neighbourhood escaped
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu ( ; ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last Communism, communist leader of Socialist Romania, Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 u ...
's plans of demolition, though parts of it were demolished to make room for some construction projects. A big tram depot and the
Bucharest Mall are located nearby.
Districts of Bucharest
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