tutuianu marinica-daniel

the lipscani area


the lipscani area is a lively part of old bucharest which polarized various trades between the 15th-18th centuries. the lipsca is apparently the romanian transcription of the name of leipzig. and lipscani was the name of the merchants who sold goods imported from leipzig. the lipscani is a famous street in the historic downtown of bucuresti only a few meters far from the kilometer number 0 of romanian capital .after the earthquake in 1977, the historic area of lipscani was often threatened with demolition when they started to build the so-called civic centre on ceausescus order, in its close vicinity, lipscani entered an age of decay and oblivion. it was partially restored after 1990, especially in the banks area, but most of...