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1.Is a Capital city
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2.Has an Arch of Triumph
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3.Has a Statue of Liberty
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4.Called the Paris of the East
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5.Almost 2 million people live within its city-limits
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6.Situated on the banks of the Danube
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7.Was under continuous Roman rule
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Bucharest was never under Roman rule, with an exception during Muntenia's brief conquest by the troops of Constantine I
8.Was under continuous Ottoman rule
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Both were territories and vassals of the Ottomans for hundreds of years.
9.Is in the Schengen Area
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10.Has a Transylvanian-style castle in one of its parks
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Vajdahunyad castle was designed to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the old Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania.
11.Jews were its second-largest ethnic group during the Interwar period
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12.Was under communist rule in a Warsaw Pact country. But now is in the NATO
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13.Predominantly Orthodox today
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14.Home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites
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Budapest has the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter; and Andrássy Avenue and its surroundings. Bucharest hasn't got any.