Curtea Veche built as a place or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in the 15th century, now operates as a museum in the centre of 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...

. The residence was moved under the rule of Radu cel Frumos

Radu cel Frumos

Radu III the Fair, Radu III the Handsome or Radu III the Beautiful , also known by his Turkish name Radu Bey , was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş and voivode of the principality of Wallachia, of the four brothers he converted to Islam and entered Ottoman service...

, who moved the princely residence and the Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

n capital to Bucharest. In the 16th century Mircea Ciobanul

Mircea Ciobanul

Mircea the Shepherd was the Prince of Wallachia three times: January 1545 –16 November 1552; May 1553–28 February 1554 ; and January 1558–21 September 1559.-Biography:He was the fifth son of Radu cel Mare...

 rebuilt it completely and afterward it became the nucleus of the Bucharest, surrounded by the houses of traders and craftsmen. Alexander Ypsilantis built a new princely court

Curtea Noua

Curtea Nouă was the residence of the Princes of Wallachia between 1776 and 1812.Located near the Mihai Vodă Monastery, on Dealul Spirii in Bucharest, it was built between 1775-1776 during the rule of Alexander Ypsilantis, and it meant to replace the old princely court at Curtea Veche.Curtea Nouă...

 in 1775 at Dealul Spirii

Dealul Spirii

Dealul Spirii is a hill in Bucharest, Romania, upon which, currently, the Palace of the Parliament is located....

 and the old one acquired its present name. In its current role as a museum, the palace and neighbourhood inspired Mateiu Caragiale

Mateiu Caragiale

Mateiu Ion Caragiale was a Romanian poet and prose writer, best known for his novel Craii de Curtea-Veche, which portrays the milieu of boyar descendants before and after World War I. Caragiale's style, associated with Symbolism, the Decadent movement of the fin de siècle, and early modernism, was...

 to write his novel Craii de Curtea-Veche

Craii de Curtea-Veche

Craii de Curtea-Veche is a novel by the inter-war Romanian author Mateiu Caragiale...

. It is also at the center of efforts to restore the historic center of Bucharest.

External links

• ICI.ro: Muzeul Curtea Veche