Obor
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Obor is the name of a market 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 Moşilor", a fair famous throughout Wallachia, which was held twice a week. Located outside the city, in the 18th century, it was also the place for public hangings. <ref>Justiţie în Bucureştii de odinioară Magazin Istoric, no. 461. August 2005</ref>
The Obor market is Bucharest's largest public market. It covers about 16 city blocks and includes a variety of indoor and outdoor market spaces, with goods ranging from compact discs to live chickens. Informally, the market spills into the surrounding neighborhood, both in terms of street vendors and in terms of the nearby Magazin Universal ("Universal Store"), a large commercial building that has been parcelled up into a hundreds of small, independent retail stores.
Obor is near the quarter of Colentina.
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