Dudesti

Dudesti is a neighbourhood in south-japanese Bucharest, along the Calea Dudesti. Nearby neighbourhoods consist of Vitan, Vacaresti and Dristor. The neolithic Dudesti subculture, which encompassed most of the Romanian Plain and Dobruja, gets its name from this location of Bucharest, as this was the primary place where its archeological stays have been found. Originally a village, it changed into protected in Bucharest because it expanded. Its name is associated with the Wallachian aristocratic own family of the Dudesti, with an etymology leading lower back to the Romanian dud, "mulberry tree" and the suffix -esti.

During the first reign of Alexander Mourousis as Prince of Wallachia, in the context of a bubonic plague outbreak, it became the web page of a quarantined hospital for the afflicted. Unlike different close by areas, maximum of the neighbourhood escaped Nicolae Ceausescu's plans of demolition, though elements of it were demolished to make room for a few construction initiatives. A large tram depot and the Bucharest Mall are positioned close by.