Essential Bucharest

Contrasts on Calea Victoriei

Although French Street is one of the oldest in Bucharest that kept the medieval route, most of the houses are from the end of the 19th century. This due to the great fire from 1847 that burst from this street and destroyed a big part of the city.
The street was named French Street at the end of the 18th century after the French Consul settled his residence here.