Prince of Wallachia Alexander Ypsilantis built an Ottoman-style pavilion on the banks of the Herăstrău Lake.Giurescu, p.104 The plain along the lake was used in 1831, during the Russian occupation, for military exercises by a joint force of the Wallachian and Russian militaries.Giurescu, p.124 By the mid-19th century, Herăstrău was the main promenade area used by the Romanian élite for walks.Georgescu et al., p. 298
