A young maiden Dambovita helped a prince to find his way in the forest. The prince asked her to marry him, but she refused as she was engaged to the shepard Bucur. The prince gave her a dagger as a present. At home she told her husband about the encounter and he felt sorry that he could not provide her with such a prosperous life as a prince could. To prove her lover she did not need to be rich she plunged the dagger into a rock. The purest water began to come out of the rock. The stream grew and grew until it became into a river, the river Dambovita. They decided to stay in that place and soon others gathered around the river and the town Bucharest was born.
Bucharest foundation legend
