Dudeşti is a neighbourhood in south-eastern 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....

, along the Calea Dudeşti. Nearby neighbourhoods include Vitan

Vitan

Vitan is a neighborhood in southeastern Bucharest, Romania, along the Dâmboviţa River, located between Titan, Dristor, Centrul Civic, Olteniţei and Berceni....

, 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...

 and Dristor

Dristor

Dristor is a neighborhood located in the southeastern part of Bucharest. Nearby districts include Dudeşti, Vitan, Văcăreşti and Titan. The Dristor metro station is a major node of Bucharest Metro's network....

.

The neolithic

Neolithic

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 Dudeşti culture

Dudesti culture

The Dudeşti culture is a farming/herding culture that occupied part of Romania in the 6th millennium BC, typified by semi-subterranean habitations on the edges of low plateaus. This culture contributed to the origin of both the subsequent Hamangia culture and the Boian culture. It was named after...

 (5th

5th millennium BC

The 5th millennium BC saw the spread of agriculture from the Near East throughout southern and central Europe.Urban cultures in Mesopotamia and Anatolia flourished, developing the wheel. Copper ornaments became more common, marking the Chalcolithic. Animal husbandry spread throughout Eurasia,...

-4th millennium BC

4th millennium BC

The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture. It marked the beginning of the Bronze Age and of writing.The city states of Sumer and the kingdom of Egypt were established and grew to prominence. Agriculture spread widely across Eurasia...

), which encompassed most of the Romanian Plain

Romanian Plain

The Romanian Plain is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia. Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it is bordered by the Danube River in the east, south and west, and by the Getic Plateau in the north. Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is located in the central part...

 and Dobruja

Dobruja

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, gets its name from this region of Bucharest, as this was the first place where its archeological remains were found.

Originally a village, it was included in Bucharest as it expanded. Its name is related to the Wallachian aristocratic family of the "Dudeşti", with an etymology leading back to the Romanian dud, "mulberry

Mulberry

Morus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. The 10–16 species of deciduous trees it contains are commonly known as Mulberries....

 tree" and the suffix -eşti. During the first rule of Alexander Mourousis

Alexander Mourousis

Alexander Mourousis was a Great Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire who served as Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia. Open to Enlightenment ideas, and noted for his interest in hydrological engineering, Mourousis was forced to deal with the intrusions of Osman Pazvantoğlu's rebellious troops...

 as Prince of Wallachia

Wallachia

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, in the context of a bubonic plague

Bubonic plague

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 outbreak, it became the site of a quarantine

Quarantine

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d hospital for the afflicted.

Unlike other nearby areas, most of the neighbourhood escaped Nicolae Ceauşescu

Nicolae Ceausescu

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's plans of demolition, but large parts of it were demolished in the 2000s, to make room for some construction projects. A tram depot and the Bucharest Mall are located nearby.