bucharest overview
With a population of 2.5 million, the city of Bucharest is one of the largest
and most populated European capitals.
By European standards, Bucharest is not an old city, its existence first being
referred to by scholars as late as 1459.
Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital
of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the
Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of historical,
interbellum, Communist-era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars,
the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest
the nickname of the "Paris of the East" or "Little Paris".
Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed
by war, earthquakes and Nicolae Ceausescu's program of systematisation, much survived.
In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.
Economically, the city is by far the most prosperous in Romania and is one of
the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. As the
most important city in Romania, Bucharest also has a broad range of educational
facilities.
Bucharest's history alternated periods of development and decline from the early
settlements of the Antiquity and until its consolidation as capital of Romania
late in the 19th century. According to the most popular of legends in circulation,
the city was founded by a shepherd named Bucur.
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