Planning Capital Cities

Shifts. A brief history of public plazas in central Bucharest

Fig. 5
The transformation of the
Palace: single edifice in 1846
(top), extended in 1899, with an
inner open courtyard mirrored
by the construction of the
King’s University Foundation.
Above the Palace, the Romanian
Athenaeum is highlighted as
first public cultural building,
constructed on donated land,
with public donated funds
(bottom).
(Duda)