Bucharest, the Capital of Wallachia.

Title

Bucharest, the Capital of Wallachia.

Description

Decorative view of the capital city Bucharest, from the parc Cismigiu. The Cișmigiu Gardens or Cișmigiu Park The park was built in 1847, at a time when Bucharest was the capital of Wallachia. A part of the present-day gardens was occupied by a vineyard, which was planted around a water source. The word cișmigiu comes from Turkish: a Ceșme is a public fountain and a cișmigiu used to be the person responsible for building and maintaining public fountains.

ca. 1880

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. Bucharest's history alternated periods of development and decline from the early settlements in antiquity until its consolidation as the national capital of Romania late in the 19th century. First mentioned as the Citadel of București in 1459, it became the residence of the famous Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler. The Ottomans appointed Greek administrators (Phanariotes) to run the town from the 18th century. A short-lived revolt initiated by Tudor Vladimirescu in 1821 led to the end of the rule of Constantinople Greeks in Bucharest. Bucharest finally became the permanent location of the Wallachian court after 1698. In 1862, after Wallachia and Moldavia were united to form the Principality of Romania, Bucharest became the new nation's capital city.