Three historic sites, a huge conservation built-up area, villas with small gardens designed by the best architects in Romania, in all styles from Neo-Romanian to Modernist, Art Deco and Mediterranean, old trees under which you can see Porches and Rolls parked, Dorobanti was and remains the neighborhood of the richest Bucharest residents.

View of Bucharest, Charles de Gaulle district and DorobantiPhoto: Adriana Sulugiuc, Dreamstime.com

The street of all modern coffee shops, Turkish, Italian, Arabic – that is, the former “Herastraului Street” (or “Fierastraului”) – was named Calea Dorobanti in 1878 by a royal decree issued by King Charles I after the victory in the War of Independence, in honor and memory of those who fought in Plevna, Hryvnica and Vidin.

History of the metropolitan area of ​​Stolitsa, on B365.ro.

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