Walking on BucharestWalking on Bucharest ~ On a sensational city, with On a sensational city, with marvels …marvels …   13 Mai 2007 by Rodica Mandache

 Just a little, and melting is on us on sidewalk of this city. Maybe the memento of a Small Paris give us a freeze.

The first blueprints evidences of Bucharest city appears in the atlas by Martinius Behaim under name of “Bucharest”, printed on 1492, year when Christopher COLUMBUS discovered America on a sheep “Maria Elena, at Costa Verde beach, and in the atlas by Mutru Cromer on 1589.

The Bucharest city was a pain history: after Turks of Suleiman am Tatars conquerors, followed by Poland solders and Hungarians of Attila. Devastated, and faired… Few cities of the word have been passed by so many pains, forged conquests, annexations, subjugations, unfairness, and to remain up. The Bucharest is a city who after many total destructions on 1601, on 1859 was resisting and fight to be an European city.

DocumentsDocumentsFrom 1459, the September 20, the first writes mention appears about Bucharest. A letter of king Vlad Tepes confirm a raising of the “Castle on Dambovita River” are the king residence. Situated in a area between actual Lipscani Street, Union Market, Splaiul Independent, Smardan Street, the city of Bucharest was a stone fortress. On 1983 decided that is exact, and from 1459 the Bucharest was build on Enistan Colentina, Tei, Pantelimon, Cernica, Radu Voda – where was discovered traces of Paleolithic civilization.From the 1695, after an alternative maintenance of leadership with Târgovişte city, the royal residence was established for all Romania Country in Bucharest.

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Do you known where was the first theater in Bucharest? By year 1816By year 1816, the private Caragea-residence was a first Romanian theatre. Animatrice was the celebrity Domniţa RaluDomniţa Ralu, the king

daughter. She translated a Greek History “About education” by Lambert, riding Schiller, Beethoven and Mozart.

By improvising a stage in his house with teenagers of Greek School, they playing in Greek language the Oreste, Dophuis and Chloe, and “The killing of the Brutus fills”.

After a lot success she decided to build a permanent theater. In autumn of 1818 on the Mogoşoaia

Bridge (Calea Victoriei) – was raised the legendary Teatru "Cişmeaua Roşie".Teatru "Cişmeaua Roşie". The name of theatre is from stone water fountain Water Church (Biserica AlbăBiserica Albă as is known today).

The Theater had fired in 1825. The Historian V. A. Urechia described this theatre as:

“Was a scene, in front was a great sofa on red velvet. Stands and banks on sides. The musicians in red and lights front chandelle on enamel clay chandelier. The tickets price was 1 Gold per chair, 1 Leu per other place. On serve on demand sweetness, brandy and drinks”.

On this first scene of the , Romanian pubic seen the first time “ The thief” by Schiller. “Foust” by Goetes, “Emilia Galotti” by Lessing. We love-it, or we don’t love-it, the Bucharest is a city with witnesses over a long time and reflections over the future.

““The Bucharest is a creation of our nation, our originality, all what we were The Bucharest is a creation of our nation, our originality, all what we were capable to do… The Bucharest arrived by proper vitality, to impose as a capable to do… The Bucharest arrived by proper vitality, to impose as a unique Capital, over who overflow the attentive care of all great men…” unique Capital, over who overflow the attentive care of all great men…”

Nicolae Iorga “History of Bucharest", 1939

Aftertime:Aftertime: It is to difficult to rebuilt the charm ob monuments, of terraces, of gardens, even of people from other periods on slow running time end maybe not so malicious. Montage Horia B.7