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Bucharest (Bucuresti, Bukarest)
Bucharest Map - City Center

Top attractions:

· Palace of Parliament - The biggest palace in the world (Admission $2) - is also hosting now a museum of art.

· Royal Palace, National Art Museum - the imposing palace of King Carol II. (Admission $3).

· Village Museum - Open-air museum Soseaua Kiseleff 28-30. Over 300 houses, churches and mills from all over Romania, showing the extreme diversity of folk architecture. Situated in Herastrau Park. (Admission $2)

· Cotroceni Palace and Botanical Garden - the Royal Palace and nowadays presidential residence having a wing opened as museum.

· Mogosoaia Palace Museum - built in 17th Century (1698) is a nice museum of art

· Curtea Veche - Medieval ruins Strada Iuliu Maniu 31. The ruins of the palace of Vlad the Impaler ("Dracula"), and the city's oldest church, built in 1546-1558.

· Patriarchal Cathedral and Deputies Palace. Situated on the Mitropoliei Hill (near Plaza Unirea - Union Square). The Orthodox Cathedral (1655-68), with the later belltower, Patriarch's Palace, and the former Palace of the Chamber of Deputies alongside.

· National History Museum - Calea Victoriei (near United Nation Plaza).

· Museum of Natural History "Grigore Antipa" - Victoria Square (Plaza Victoriei)

· Peasant and Folk Culture Museum - Victoria Square (Plaza Victoriei)

· Cismigiu Park near City Hall, on Kogalniceanu Bd.

· National Army Museum, situated near Gara de Nord railway station.

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