Pantelimon, Bucharest

Pantelimon on the map of Bucharest

Pantelimon Road in the late 2000s

Pantelimon is a working-class neighborhood located in south-eastern Bucharest, Romania, in Sector 2. Outside Bucharest, there is an adjacent town named Pantelimon, administered separately.

The Pantelimon district is named after Saint Pantaleon (Pantelimon in Romanian), and hosts Stadionul Naţional, the largest football stadium in Romania. Pantelimon Avenue is the backbone of the district.

A Cora hypermarket is situated in this neighborhood. Several car showrooms (Renault & Dacia, Peugeot, Skoda, Fiat) have been built in the east side of the district.

A famous area of the district is "Capătu' lu' 14" (or "Capu' lu' 14", literally "the terminus of (tram) line 14"), which is situated in the east side of the neighborhood. This area is the setting of a popular legend among locals, "The Children's Fall." The story—which dates back to the mid-1950s, when the area suffered from gangster and racketeering problems—details the supposed decline of the neighbourhood's children from being "legit" to being "dangerous".^[1] Pantelimon is also famous in Romania because of the hip-hop group B.U.G. Mafia. As children, the members of the band lived on Pantelimon Alley and Socului, near "Capătu' lu" 14". Tataee, a member of B.U.G. Mafia stated in various interviews that both he and Uzzi and Daddy Caddy still live in the neighbourhood.

The east side of the neighbourhood was build on the domains of the Mărcuţa Monastery. The old Mărcuţa church built in 1587 still exists today on the banks of Pantelimon lake.

Pantelimon is served by the Pantelimon and Republica metro stations, as well as tram lines 14, 36, 46, 55 and bus lines 101, 104, 330, 335.

Currently, there are 5 primary and 2 secondary schools (Lucian Blaga Theoretical High School and Saint Pantaleon Industrial School Group).

Coordinates: 44°26′33.48″N 26°9′32.83″E / 44.4426333°N 26.1591194°E / 44.4426333; 26.1591194

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