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Calea Victoriei - The History of a Road

  • December 12, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by 3mttours from Bucharest, Romania
We have been talking about now about Constantin Brâncoveanu, the Valahian ruler who managed to introduce a most particular architectural style in his country. It was he again who, in 1692, made a new road, “The Mogoşoaia Bridge.”

 

The new road started at the Brâncoveanu Palace at the Dâmboviţa River and led all the way through to the ruler’s possessions in Mogoşoaia (see article on Castles around Bucharest: Mogoşoaia Castle). At that time, on the main roads of the Capital, oak bridges were built, employing 25-30cm-thick and about 8m-long oak trunks that were laid across the road, with two oak foots, one on each side. Between the 2 feet, a ditch of bricks of 50 to 80cm was built, with cesspools at every 150m to collect the rain water. This made walking more pleasant when raining, not having to walk through mud.

 

It was this road that was to become one of the most important roads of the city. Residences of the higher classes were built here, along with churches, luxury shops, hotels and inns, restaurants, and public institutions. More so, after the Independence War, the victorious Romanian armies marched down this road, giving its new name, Victory Road (Calea Victoriei), a name that it keeps today.

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