Giulești () is a neighbourhood in northwestern

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, located in

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. The Giulești Stadium, Giulești Theatre,

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are located in Giulești. Also, the

Grivița Grivița () is a district of Bucharest, Romania, centered on the Grivița Railway Yards (''Atelierele CFR Grivița''), which were and still are an important landmark within the manufacturing landscape of the city. Located near Gara de Nord, the ...

Railway Yards and

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are located nearby.

History

The area was inhabited for millennia and it gives its name to 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 ...

''Giulești-Boian culture'', the middle phase of the

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, which inhabited in the

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and later expanded into southern

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and southern

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In the Middle Ages it was a village, later incorporated into

Chiajna Chiajna () is a commune in the south-west of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, immediately west of the capital, Bucharest. It is composed of three villages: Chiajna, Dudu, and Roșu. The mayor of Chiajna is currently Mircea Minea ( Social Democra ...

Commune, and absorbed into Bucharest in 1939. In the early 1960s a number of 4 storey

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were raised in the era, initially named as the Constructorilor housing estate. A few years later on the Giulesti avenue in the mid 1960s 8 storey apartment buildings were raised, along with the Prunaru market next to the stadium. It wasn't until the 1980s when mass demolition commenced, replacing old houses with standardised apartment blocks. Nowadays only a few houses remain standing as the neighborhood is dominated by these apartment buildings.

Notable landmarks

The Giulesti Stadium (officially "Rapid Arena") is the home of Rapid București football club. * Giulești Stadium * Giulești Theatre *

Railway Yards *

References

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