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stadium inaugurated in 1928 as the "ANEF Stadium" (the stadium of the "National
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242:World War I
168:Curtea Arsă
152:Phanariotes
148:wine cellar
128:Curtea Nouă
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1078:Carol Park
1037:Lake Titan
841:Revoluției
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760:Pantelimon
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479:Revista 22
447:References
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685:Ferentari
665:Dorobanți
655:Dămăroaia
645:Cotroceni
640:Colentina
537:Bucharest
487:"Tăvălug"
279:Progresul
264:communist
140:Wallachia
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897:Lipscani
750:Old Town
730:Militari
725:Lipscani
720:Iancului
705:Giulești
650:Crângași
615:Aviației
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557:Sector 1
313:Ceaușima
275:Art deco
164:Moldavia
43:and the
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680:Dudești
670:Dristor
625:Berceni
620:Băneasa
541:Romania
439:Tăbăraș
403:Zănescu
206:Ottoman
200:of the
160:Phanári
107:History
83:as the
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846:Romană
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765:Pipera
240:After
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