The Crangasi district in the north-western area of Bucharest in the north-western area of Bucharest boasts Romanian capital city's biggest artificial lake. The water surface area has a rather recent history. It appeared 36 years ago, in 1986. It is known as the Mill Lake. The lake is also known as the Ciurel or the Dambovita Lake. The area proper of the water surface is impressive; it used to be part of the large-scale watercourse arrangement project targeting the Dambovita river which cuts through Romania's capital city, from north-west to the east.
We're about to explore the history of the Mill Lake, and our guide is historian Cezar Buiumaci with the Bucharest Municipal Museum. Here he is, taking us back to the beginnings of Bucharest's newest and biggest lake.
Cezar Buiumaci:
"The Mill Lake is part of Dambovita river's watercourse arrangement project and, as an idea, it first occurred once with the i
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