Bucharest's Historic Centre/ Bucuresti Centrul Istoric

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Aflat la confluenta mai multor civilizatiilor, Bucurestiul este o metropola occidentala cu radacini orientale, deformata de comunism. In orice caz, este un oras norocos. A supravietuit incendiilor, inundatiilor, invaziilor, cutremurelor naturale sau politice. Ranile se vindeca, dar cicatricele raman. Cele functionale se tot repara, iar cele estetice se mopdele3aza in tonuri si nuante de conjunctura.  Daca ne raportam la frumusetea definita ca simetrie, echilibrul, poate un pic de fard, atunci Bucurestiul nu este chiar un etalon.

Daca in schimb, apreciem diversitatea acutizata de contraste, daca ne plac detaliile, nuantele, dezechilibrele, daca nu ne deranjeaza provizoratul, Bucurestiul este sublim.

Situated at the confluence of a number of civilisations, Bucharest is a western metropolis with eastern roots, marked by communism. It has survived fires, floods, invasions, earthquakes,  and political upheavals. The wounds heal, but the scars remain. The functional scars are  under constant repair, and the aesthetic ones are remoulded in tones and nuances to suit the circumstances.

If we are referring to beauty defined as symmetry, balance and maybe a touch of make-up, then Bucharest is not quite up to standard. But if we admire an acute diversity of contrasts, if we like detail, nuances and imbalances, if we are not put out by the makeshift, tehn Bucharest is sublime.