Bucuresti Mall
Encyclopedia
The Bucureşti Mall is a shopping mall
located in Bucharest
, Romania
, close to the Dudeşti
and Văcăreşti
neighbourhoods. At the time of its completion it was the first shopping mall in Romania.
Located on Calea Vitan approximately 1 km outside Bucharest's historic center, the four-story, 50,000 m² mall opened in 1999, in a Ceauşescu
-era abandoned hunger circus
, or giant food warehouse, in an area largely shaped during the Communist period
(see Ceauşima
). The transformation into a modern mall was a 40-million-US dollar
project, carried out by the Turkish
firm Bayındır Fiba.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
located in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, close to the Dudeşti
Dudesti, Bucharest
Dudeşti is a neighbourhood in south-eastern Bucharest, along the Calea Dudeşti. Nearby neighbourhoods include Vitan, Văcăreşti and Dristor....
and Văcăreşti
Vacaresti
Văcăreşti may refer to several entities in Romania:*the Văcărescu family of boyars*the Bucharest neighbourhood of Văcăreşti*the Văcăreşti Monastery and the Văcăreşti prison*Văcăreşti, a commune in Dâmboviţa County...
neighbourhoods. At the time of its completion it was the first shopping mall in Romania.
Located on Calea Vitan approximately 1 km outside Bucharest's historic center, the four-story, 50,000 m² mall opened in 1999, in a Ceauşescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
-era abandoned hunger circus
Hunger circus
"Hunger circus" was a colloquial name for any in a series of identical buildings which were to be completed as part of Nicolae Ceauşescu's program of systematization during his period as ruler of Romania. Officially designated by the communist regime as "agro-alimentary complexes", the large domed...
, or giant food warehouse, in an area largely shaped during the Communist period
Communist Romania
Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
(see Ceauşima
Ceausima
Ceauşima is a vernacular word construction in Romanian, sarcastically linking former Communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu to Hiroshima. This portmanteau term was sometimes coined in the 1980s to describe the huge urban areas of Bucharest that Ceauşescu ordered torn down, comparing the results with...
). The transformation into a modern mall was a 40-million-US dollar
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
project, carried out by the Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
firm Bayındır Fiba.