- Dudeşti, Bucharest
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Dudeşti is a neighbourhood in south-eastern Bucharest, along the Calea Dudeşti. Nearby neighbourhoods include Vitan, Văcăreşti and Dristor.
The neolithic Dudeşti culture (5th-4th millennium BC), which encompassed most of the Romanian Plain and Dobruja, gets its name from this region of Bucharest, as this was the first place where its archeological remains were found.
Originally a village, it was included in Bucharest as it expanded. Its name is related to the Wallachian aristocratic family of the "Dudeşti", with an etymology leading back to the Romanian dud, "mulberry tree" and the suffix -eşti. During the first rule of Alexander Mourousis as Prince of Wallachia, in the context of a bubonic plague outbreak, it became the site of a quarantined hospital for the afflicted.
Unlike other nearby areas, most of the neighbourhood escaped Nicolae Ceauşescu's plans of demolition, but large parts of it were demolished in the 2000s, to make room for some construction projects. A tram depot and the Bucharest Mall are located nearby.
Geography of Bucharest, Romania Sectors of Bucharest Districts (quarters): Aviaţiei • Băneasa • Berceni • Bucureştii Noi • Centrul Civic • Colentina • Cotroceni • Crângaşi • Dămăroaia • Dealul Spirii • Dorobanţi • Dristor • Drumul Taberei • Dudeşti • Ferentari • Floreasca • Ghencea • Giuleşti • Giurgiului • Griviţa • Iancului • Lipscani • Militari • Moşilor • Obor • Odăi • Olteniţei • Pantelimon • Pipera • Primăverii • Progresul • Rahova • Regie • Tei • Titan • Vitan • VăcăreştiSquares: Charles de Gaulle • Constituţiei • Revoluţiei • Romană • Rosetti • Unirii • University Square • Victory Square • Quito SquareMajor streets: Şoseaua Kiseleff • Lipscani • Bulevardul Magheru • Calea Moşilor • Bulevardul Unirii • Calea VictorieiHills: Rivers: Lakes: listParks and forests: Băneasa Forest (Codrii Vlăsiei) • Bordei Park • Botanical Garden • Carol Park • Cişmigiu Gardens • Giuleşti Park • Herăstrău Park • Grădina Icoanei • Tineretului Park • Vitan ParkSee also: Coordinates: 44°25′16.30″N 26°7′56.32″E / 44.421194°N 26.1323111°E
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