{"id":122028,"date":"2017-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/article-promoting-bucharest-on-the-cnn-website\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:28:48","slug":"article-promoting-bucharest-on-the-cnn-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/article-promoting-bucharest-on-the-cnn-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Article Promoting Bucharest on the CNN Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Old Town, the Palace of the Parliament, concerts organized at the Romanian Athenaeum, Stavropoleos Church, and the C\u0103rture\u0219ti Carusel bookstore are among the tourist attractions praised in an article published on the website of the American television network CNN, dedicated to Romania’s capital.<\/div>\n
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The author of the article, CNN journalist Marissa Tejada, declared herself impressed by Bucharest’s dizzying architecture, based on a fascinating combination of styles. There are urban parks, excellent museums, and unpolished yet charming streets that wind through the old city.<\/div>\n
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Between communist-era apartment blocks lie Byzantine buildings, centuries-old churches, and Art Nouveau residences that stand out as survivors of earthquakes, war, and communism.<\/div>\n
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The Old Princely Court (Curtea Veche), formerly the palace of Wallachian princes, including Vlad the Impaler\u2014who served as the inspiration for writer Bram Stoker when he wrote the novel “Dracula”\u2014has always had royal connections. It was the palace where former Romanian princes were crowned.<\/div>\n
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The Palace of the Parliament, this architectural colossus, has set several records, being designated the heaviest building in the world, the largest building in Europe, and the second-largest administrative building in the world (after the Pentagon).<\/div>\n
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Built in the 18th century by Archimandrite Ioanichie Stratonikeas, Stavropoleos Church is a small, quiet, and beautiful building. Constructed in the Br\u00e2ncovenesc style, the church has a unique entrance decorated with ample colonnades.<\/div>\n
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Bucharest was known in the past as “Little Paris,” being a flourishing capital during the reign of King Carol, who brought in French architects with the mission of giving the city a new tone.<\/div>\n
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Set inside a beautiful, restored 19th-century building, C\u0103rture\u0219ti Carusel is considered one of the most stunning bookstores in the world. The minimalist yet impressive interior design is enhanced by light rays filtered through a central skylight, giving visitors the impression of an ample space and the feeling of being in a moving carousel.<\/div>\n
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Source: Capital<\/a><\/p>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n

What are the top attractions in Bucharest according to CNN?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main highlights include the Old Town, the Palace of the Parliament, Stavropoleos Church, and the C\u0103rture\u0219ti Carusel bookstore.<\/p>\n

Why was Bucharest historically called “Little Paris”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The city earned this nickname during the reign of King Carol, who commissioned French architects to modernize the city’s aesthetic.<\/p>\n

What world records does the Palace of the Parliament hold?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is officially the heaviest building in the world, the largest in Europe, and the second-largest administrative building globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Old Town, the Palace of the Parliament, concerts organized at the Romanian Athenaeum, Stavropoleos Church, and the C\u0103rture\u0219ti Carusel bookstore are among the tourist attractions praised in an article published on the website of the American television network CNN, dedicated to Romania’s capital. The author of the article, CNN journalist Marissa Tejada, declared herself…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122028"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}