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Most homes in the capital were built during the Communist regime after World War ll, and few pre-war buildings are left. In the cities, most people live in high-rise apartment buildings. Housing is limited, and the quality of the apartments is not always good. In the countryside, some houses are old two- or three-room wooden houses without plumbing or electricity. Traditional rural houses have roofs of red tiles, corrugated tin, or wooden shingles. In Moldavia and Walachia, they are usually white, while in Transylvania, they are painted different colors. In previous centuries, people often built houses almost entirely underground to protect themselves from Turkish attacks. |
Apartment buildings in Bucharest | 
Building of the Romanian Architects' Association | 
Balconies in a Bucharest apartment building |
Detail of a building in Bucharest | 
Apartment buildings in Bucharest | 
Bucharest architecture |
Balconies of an old apartment building | 
A Bucharest apartment building | 
Balconies and National History Museum in Bucharest |
