Bucharest – Page 7 – Walking. Gossip. Travel.

Bucharest – Charles de Gaulle Statue

As with many things in the world, this puzzles me. The statue is located in Charles de Gaulle Square, a

This is one of Bucharest’s metro stations, located on line M2, and I’ll write more about the city’s network at

The first Arcul de Triumf, or Arch of Triumph, was built here very quickly in 1878 in order for troops

I accept that the Hard Rock Cafe isn’t much of a local culinary experience, indeed it’s not very local at

This icon was painted on wood in 1740 and is from the Banat region of the country. I don’t wish

St. Prokopios isn’t well known in western Christianity, by which I mean I’ve had to look on Wikipedia to find

I posted about the doors from this church, this is the Iconostasis cross from the same building. Rather faded now

As further evidence that I need to get out more, I find these kind of exhibits rather meaningful. The thought

The colours on the icons remain bright and vibrant and if it has been restored, there’s no evidence of that.

This iconostatsis hid what was happening in the altar from the congregation, adding some mystery to the proceedings. The bottom