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Centrul Vechi
What to see in Centrul Vechi
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Brâncovenesc-style church of 1724Mănăstirea Stavropoleos
Small Brâncovenesc-style church built in 1724 by the archimandrite Ioanichie Stratonikeas, now a convent, with a collection of old icons and a lapidarium in the courtyard.
It is a category A listed monument and holds 4.8 on Google from more than 6,500 reviews.
Centrul Vechi
2National history museumMuzeul Național de Istorie a României
The country's history museum, in the Post Office Palace on Calea Victoriei, with the Historical Treasury, a full-size copy of Trajan's Column and a lapidarium; the rest of the building is under renovation.
The building is a category A listed monument, and the museum holds 4.4 on Google from more than 8,100 reviews.
Calea Victoriei
3Princely church and medieval siteCurtea Veche: Biserica Buna Vestire și ruinele Curții Domnești
The church of the former Princely Court, founded by Mircea Ciobanul in the 16th century, next to the ruins of the palace where the princes of Wallachia lived.
The Curtea Veche ensemble is a category A listed monument, and the church holds 4.8 on Google from more than 4,600 reviews.
Centrul Vechi
4Bookshop in a restored buildingCărturești Carusel
Multi-level bookshop in the former Chrissoveloni Bank building on Lipscani, a late-19th-century house with shop, opened as a bookshop in 2015, with a café upstairs.
It holds 4.8 on Google from more than 25,000 reviews, and the building is a listed monument.
Centrul Vechi
5Neo-Gothic palace and city museumPalatul Suțu – Muzeul Municipiului București
Neo-Gothic palace built between 1833 and 1835 for the Suțu family on University Square, now home to the Bucharest Municipal Museum and its permanent exhibition 'Timpul Orașului' (The City's Time).
It is a category A listed monument and holds 4.5 on Google from more than 1,800 reviews.
Piața Universității