Cinema Clasic is a historic building and former cinema with a summer garden on Queen Elisabeth Boulevard in central Bucharest.
Cinema Clasic opened its doors for the first time on May 26th 1912 as one of the best equipped and most spacious cinemas in Romania’s capital city. The cinema also had a summer garden facing Strada Constantin Mille, called the Alhambra Garden (Grădina Alhambra), which was an outdoor cinema. The theater was later renamed to Capital Cinema.
Nowadays the building is closed because it is in an advanced state of decay and crumbling apart so a renovation is much needed. The facade on Queen Elisabeth Boulevard looks rather bleak, but back in the days it had a much more appealing appearance with neon lights and film posters.
