Fortunately a part of the city’s historical heart escaped Ceausescu’s demolition frenzy. The area today contains an assortment of middle 19th century buildings, ruins of the Wallachian princes, medieval court, churches, narrow cobblestoned streets which keep the names of the ancient guilds that resided on them, bank headquarters, a few hotels, clubs, restaurants and shops.
So far too little has been done for the preservation and reconditioning of many historical buildings and streets there, but the area is now in a rehabilitation project set to be finished after 2012.