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Piața Romană Metro Station
''Piața Romană'' (Romanian for "Roman Square") is a metro station in central Bucharest, located in the square with the same name, on the main north–south axis of the city centre. According to Sorin Călinescu, one the three planners of the station, when shown the plans for the Line M2 in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu reportedly demanded the station's removal. According to some of the people who worked on the station, Ceaușescu was supposedly concerned that workers and students were starting to gain weight and needed more exercise. The engineers realized the station would be necessary, and Sorin Călinescu claimed they have built it in secret. Cătălina Slujitoru, Maria Apostol“Staţia Piaţa Romană, construită în secret de frica Elenei Ceauşescu” ''Historia'', June 7, 2020 Because of this, the platforms are somewhat asymmetrical, very narrow (less than 1.5 m wide) and the waiting area is in a corridor separated by thick walls from the platforms in order to sust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piața Romană
Piața Romană (''The Roman Square'') is a major traffic intersection in Sector 1, central Bucharest. Two major boulevards intersect in Piața Romană: Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard (which runs northwest towards Piața Victoriei) and Magheru Boulevard (which runs south by southeast towards University Square). The two roads also coincide geographically with the Bucharest Metro Line M2. The square is served by the Piața Romană metro station, on Magheru Boulevard. Dacia Boulevard runs roughly east–west through the square. Between 1997 and 2010, Piața Romană featured a Capitoline Wolf statue, a symbol of Latinity (''see also the Capitoline Wolf Statue in Cluj-Napoca''). The statue was since relocated to I.C. Brătianu Boulevard. The main building of the Academy of Economic Studies The Bucharest University of Economic Studies ( ro, Academia de Studii Economice din București, abbreviated ''ASE'') is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
