"The Old Court" Voivodal Palace
Ruined medieval palace of Wallachian princes, rediscovered by archaeologists beneath old streets.
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This guide to the Old Court Voivodal Palace in Bucharest begins in a house cellar on Soarelui Street in nineteen fifty-three, where a team of archaeologists is digging beneath an ordinary city neighbourhood. It reaches back to Vlad the Third, known as Dracula, and to Constantin Brâncoveanu, the prince who rebuilt the court in stone. Best heard standing at the ruined brick walls in the archaeological garden.
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