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Outdoor seating at a restaurant in the old section of the city. I later came back to eat lunch and enjoy a drink out side on another occasion..
Bucharest is a great city to walk in and around.
The Monastery Stavropoleos  is the right ahead.
Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church  built in 1724.  During the  last century  the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania.
All that remains from the original monastery is the church, alongside a building from the beginning of the 20th century which shelters a library, a conference room and a collection of old (early 18th century) icons and ecclesiastical objects, and parts of wall paintings recovered from churches demolished during the communist regime.
The details of the exterior are still prevalent today.
Our city  guides name was Floren, or better known as  Elvis,  taking us on a walking tour of the old part of Bucharest..
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Interior of the Monastery.
Two women washing windows. I am not sure if they have invented ladders here yet.
The manhole covers were very interesting as you walk around the city.
This sign caught my attention walking around the old city area.
The whole sign an advertisement for a hotel nearby.
Two couples standing on a corner talking.
Curtea Veche, The old Court Museum,  was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the Muzeul Municipiului, Municipal Museum, Bucharest in the historic center of Bucharest, Romania.
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Map of the current Historic District in Bucharest
Curtea Veche Church, Old Court Church  Saint Anthony, was built in 1559.   The facade decoration is  specific from the 6th century religious edifices with brick rows alternating with panels of plaster. The church is the oldest religious building maintained in its original location in Bucharest.
Communist era apartment building in the background

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