Cotroceni
Cotroceni
Cotroceni Palace
<catset>Category="Bucharest"</catset><b>Cotroceni</b> is a neighbourhood in <a href="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, <a href="Romania">Romania</a> located around the Cotroceni hill, in the 6th district of Western Bucharest.<p>The Hill of Cotroceni was once covered by the forest of Vl&#259;sia, which covered most of today's Bucharest. Here, in 1679 a monastery was built <a href="Serban Cantacuzino">&#350;erban Cantacuzino</a>, later to be transformed into a palace in <a href="1888">1888</a>.<p>The nearest <a href="Bucharest Metro">Metro</a> stations are <a href="Eroilor metro station">Eroilor</a> and <a href="Politehnica metro station">Politehnica</a>.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Landmarks</h2><ul><li> The <a href="Cotroceni Palace">Cotroceni Palace</a>, the official residence of the Romanian president is located in this neighbourhood <li> <a href="Botanical Garden of Bucharest">Bucharest Botanical Garden</a> which has an area of 105,000 square metres <li> The Bucharest Opera building and the Bucharest Municipal Hospital. </ul>