Obor

For other uses, see OBOR.

Obor area on the map of Bucharest

New market in Obor

Obor is the name of a square and the surrounding district of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. There is also a Bucharest Metro station named Obor, which lies in this area.

Obor stands in the place of "Târgul Moșilor", a fair famous throughout Wallachia, which was held twice a week. In old Romanian "obor" meant enclosure, corral.

Located outside the city, in the 18th century, it was also the place for public hangings. About 20 Turks captured from wars were hanged here by the Romanians^[1]

The Obor market (Piața Obor), the direct successor of the original fair, was, until 2007, Bucharest's largest public market. It covered about 16 city blocks and included a variety of indoor and outdoor market spaces, with goods ranging from compact discs to live chickens. Informally, the market spilled into the surrounding neighborhood, both in terms of street vendors and in terms of the nearby Magazin Universal ("Universal Store") named Bucur Obor, a large commercial building that has been parcelled up into hundreds of small, independent retail stores. The market was demolished, not without public outcry, in order to pave the way for a modern market and a small park, thus ending a 300-year tradition.

Obor is near the quarter of Colentina and Moșilor.

References

↑ (Romanian) Justiţie în Bucureştii de odinioară Magazin Istoric, no. 461. August 2005

Geography of Bucharest, Romania

Sectors of Bucharest	Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3 Sector 4 Sector 5 Sector 6

Districts (quarters)	13 Septembrie Aviației Băneasa Berceni Bucureștii Noi Centrul Civic Colentina Cotroceni Crângași Dămăroaia Dealul Spirii Dorobanți Dristor Drumul Taberei Dudești Ferentari Floreasca Fundeni Ghencea Giulești Giurgiului Grivița Iancului Lipscani Militari Moșilor Obor Odăi Olteniței Pantelimon Pipera Primăverii Progresul Rahova Regie Tei Tineretului Titan Vitan Văcărești

Squares	Charles de Gaulle Constituției Quito Square Revoluției Romană Rosetti Unirii University Square Victory Square

Major streets	Bulevardul Unirii Calea Moșilor Calea Victoriei Lipscani Magheru Boulevard Șoseaua Kiseleff

Hills	Cotroceni Dealul Mitropoliei Dealul Spirii

Rivers	Colentina Dâmbovița

Lakes	Lacul Morii Lake Băneasa Lake Cișmigiu Lake Dâmbovița Lake Floreasca Lake Fundeni Lake Grivița Lake Herăstrău Lake Pantelimon Lake Plumbuita Lake Străulești Lake Tei Lake Tineretului Lake Titan Lake Văcărești

Parks and forests	Băneasa Forest (Codrii Vlăsiei) Bordei Park Botanical Garden Carol Park Cișmigiu Gardens Giulești Park Grădina Icoanei Herăstrău Park Tineretului Park Vitan Park

See also	Bucharest metropolitan area Kilometre Zero

Coordinates: 44°27′1.52″N 26°7′47.03″E / 44.4504222°N 26.1297306°E / 44.4504222; 26.1297306

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