Royal Palace of Bucharest
| Royal Palace of Bucharest | |
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| Palatul Regal din București | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 49–53 Calea Victoriei, 010063 Bucharest, sector 1 |
| Town or city | Bucharest |
| Country | Romania |
| Coordinates | 44°26′22″N 26°05′45″E / 44.439362°N 26.095943°E |
| Current tenants | National Museum of Art of Romania |
| Groundbreaking | 1812 |
| Completed | 1937 |
| Renovated | 2013 |
| Owner | Government of Romania |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Nicolae Nenciulescu |
| Other designers | Marie of Romania, Carol II of Romania{{{cn}}} |
| Website | |
| http://www.mnar.arts.ro/ | |
The Royal Palace (Romanian: Palatul Regal) of Bucharest, known as Palace of the Republic (Romanian: Palatul Republicii) between 1948 and 1990, is a monumental building situated in the capital of Romania, on Calea Victoriei. The Palace in its various incarnations served as official residence for the Kings of Romania until 1947, when a republican regime was installed after the abdication of King Michael I. Since 1950 the Palace hosts the National Museum of Art of Romania. The former Romanian royal family currently uses Elisabeta Palace as its official residence in Bucharest.
The Palace is the largest and most significant royal residence in the country, containing emblematic official spaces such as the Throne Hall, the Royal Dining Hall and the monumental Voivodes' Staircase. An equestrian statue of the first king of Romania, Carol I stands in the large square in front of it, traditionally known as the "Palace Square"(Romanian: Piața Palatului), but renamed "Revolution Square" following the Romanian revolution of 1989.
Between 1812 and 1815, the Golescu Mansion was built at the place of the present Royal Palace. It belonged to stolnic Dinicu Golescu, a high-ranking aristocrat (boyar). The house was built in Neoclassical style and had 25 rooms, a quite large house for the Bucharest of that era. In 1837, the Golescu Mansion became the official residence of Prince (Hospodar) of Wallachia, Alexandru II Ghica. From 1859 to 1866, the Prince (styled Domnitor after 1862) of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, used the Golescu Mansion as his official residence.
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