Pedestrians across the Majestic Hotel, Victoria Road

ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1930

The headquarters of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), the facade on Lipscani Street, architects Cassien

Bernard and Albert Galleron (1883-1885)

ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1944

The Lafayette Galleries (today's Victoria Shopping Center)

ROMPRES/Foto, BUCHAREST, 1944

The Post Palace, the Grand Hotel de France and the Lafayette Galleries

ROMPRES/Photo, BUCHAREST, 1930

Walking on Victoria Road, the Riegler confectionery shop

© ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1908

Bucharesters and their automobiles on Victoria Road, between the Capsa House and the Royal Palace

© ROMPRES/Photo, BUCHAREST, 1938

Travelling aboard trams through Bucharest, the Mihai Bravu Bridge

© ROMPRES/Picture, Radu CRISTESCU, BUCHAREST, 1961

Victoria Road, between the Capsa House and the Phone Place

© ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1933

The Imperial Hotel

© ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1930

The Elysee Theatre House, across from the headquarters of the National Bank of Romania

© RADOR/ Picture, BUCHAREST, 1932

A first-generation Ford automobile arrives before the Romanian Athenaeum from a 12-year tour through 55 countries

© ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1935

The Carol I Foundation (today's Central University Library Palace), architect Paul Gottereau (1891)

© ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1935

The Union Hotel

© ROMPRES/Picture, BUCHAREST, 1956

Triumphal Arch, built in 1935-1936 to honour the victory of the Romanian Army in WW I

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1997

The Parliament House, the second largest building in the world, after the US Pentagon

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1995

The Parliament House, the second largest building in the world, after the US Pentagon

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Mihai ALEXE, BUCHAREST, 1993

The Romanian Villager's Museum

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Aurel VÎRLAN, BUCHAREST, 1994

The Central University Library inaugurated on March 14, 1895

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Artur MUSTATĂ, BUCHAREST, 1998

The Scientists' House (COS)

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Eugen ENĂCHESCU, BUCHAREST, 1996

The Catholic Institute on General Berthelot Street

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Aurel VÎRLAN, BUCHAREST, 1995

The Royal Palace, today's Museum of National Arts

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Sanda BRUMĂRESCU, BUCHAREST, 1996

The Coltea Hospital

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1996

The National Library

© ROMPRES/Picture, Angelo BREZOIANU, BUCHAREST, 2004

The Academics' House

© ROMPRES/Picture, Eugen ENĂCHESCU, BUCHAREST, 1996

The Bucharest University Palace, architect Alexandru Orescu (1857)

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1997

The Stirbei (UNICEF) Palace

© ROMPRES/Picture, Dan BORZAN, BUCHAREST, 1998

The Minovici Villa, architect Cristofi Cerkez (1905)

© ROMPRES/Picture, Aurel VÎRLAN, BUCHAREST, 1996

The Tribunal House, also known as the Justice Palace on the banks of the Dambovita River, architects Albert

Ballu and Ion Mincu

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1996

The Agriculture Ministry, architect Louis Blanc (1895)

© ROMPRES/Picture, Alex TUDOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Victoria Shopping Centre in December

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Cristian NISTOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Stavropoleos Street

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Viorel LĂZĂRESCU, BUCHAREST, 2004

The Romanian Athenaeum

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Cristian NISTOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Old Cafe House, in the old centre of Bucharest City

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Aurel VÎRLAN, BUCHAREST, 1996

The Capsa Hotel

© ROMPRES/Picture, Alex TUDOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Mitropoliei Hill - The Romanian Christian Orthodox Church Palace, architect Dimitrie Maimarolu (1906)

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Cristian NISTOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Savings and Deposits House Palace (today's CEC), architect Paul Gottereau (1896-1900)

© ROMPRES/Picture, Viorel LĂZĂRESCU, BUCHAREST, 2004

The Cotroceni Royal Palace (today's headquarters of the Romanian Presidential Administration), architects Paul Gottereau and Grigore Cerchez (1893)

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Lucian TUDOSE, BUCHAREST, 2002

The Grigore Cantacuzino House (today's George Enescu Museum)

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Lucian TUDOSE, BUCHAREST, 1993

The Romanian Opera House

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1998

The Unirii Boulevard

© ROMPRES/Picture, Mihai ALEXE, BUCHAREST, 1993

The National Museum of Contemporary Arts

© ROMPRES/ Picture:Mihai POZIUMSCHI, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Unirii Sqaure

© ROMPRES/Picture, Aurel VÎRLAN, BUCHAREST, 1995

The Majestic Hotel

© ROMPRES/Picture, Alex TUDOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Capitol Hotel

© ROMPRES/Picture, Alex TUDOR, BUCHAREST, 2005

The National Theatre House, built in1973

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Angelo BREZOIANU, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Charles de Gaulle Square, formerly known as the Aviators' Square

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 2005

The Howard Johnson Hotel in Dorobanti Square

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST 2005

The Intercontinental Hotel

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Aurel VÎRLAN, BUCHAREST 1996

Downtown Bucharest

© ROMPRES/ Picture, Paul BUCIUTA, BUCHAREST, 1997