Giurgiului
Coordinates: 44°23′21″N 26°05′31″E / 44.38917°N 26.09194°E
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Map showing Giurgiului within Bucharest |
Giurgiului (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒjurd͡ʒjuluj]) is a neighborhood in the southern part of the Romanian capital Bucharest, near Berceni and Ferentari. Like Berceni, Giurgiului has plenty of 10-storey blocks of flats that were built under Communist rule starting with 1959-1964. The estimated population is between 30,000 and 40,000. Before the Communists started their massive building programme, Giurgiului was a farming village. After 1948 the village was added to the city area. A few years later in the south of the neighborhood a pipe factory was built along with a power plant, CET Berceni.
Giurgiului has a cemetery, which includes a memorial to an estimated 300 Jewish refugees who had sailed from Romania aboard the motor schooner Mefküre and were killed when a Soviet submarine sank the ship in August 1944.[1]
Transport
The neighborhood has a good transport network, although it is not on the Bucharest Metro. RATB tram routes 7 and 25 link Giurgiului with the city centre, and another route 4 provides a shuttle service. RATB bus routes 102, 116 and 323 link the neighborhood with other parts of Bucharest.[2] Giurgiului has a CFR railway station on the line linking Bucharest with the Danube port of Giurgiu.[3][4] The Giurgiului Road that passes through the middle of the neighbourhood is an important route to Giurgiu and Bulgaria.
References
- ↑ Leeson, Rosanne (20 January 2009). "The Sinking of the Mefkure". JewishGen.org. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ↑ Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti
- ↑ Ziarul Financiar (8 June 2009). "Studiile pentru tronsonul Gara de Nord - Gara Progresul vor costa Metrorex 36,6 milioane lei". ZF24.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090727115437/http://www.kilometrul493.ro/port.html. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2009. Missing or empty
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