Catedrala Mantuirii Neamului
Towering Orthodox cathedral with a record-size mosaic iconostasis and a giant free-swinging bell.
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This guide to the People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest follows Miron Cristea, the churchman who named it in nineteen twenty, in the years after the First World War when Greater Romania was new. It touches on a king's written promise, a fight over Carol Park, and a cross blessed in a city square in nineteen twenty-nine. Best heard standing at the foot of the steps, looking up at the towers.
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