''Constantin Brâncoveanu'' is a metro station in
Bucharest
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. It is named after
Constantin Brâncoveanu, a
Wallachia
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prince
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(1654–1714).
It is located at the junction of the Olteniței Road (Șoseaua Olteniței) and the Constantin Brâncoveanu boulevard (Bd. Constantin Brâncoveanu), right next to the southern entrance into
Tineretului Park, providing easy access to the
Sala Polivalentă (Polivalenta Hall, a frequent host to sport events and concerts). Here one can find "
Orașelul copiilor" (City of the kids), the greatest amusement park in
Romania
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.
Since the
fall of communism the platform has been dominated by a statue of
Constantin Brâncoveanu and his sons, replacing the older statue of , a communist leader.
The station opened on 5 December 1988, two years after the southern section of the
M2 Line opened,
likely due to lack of demand for the station in the area, when the line opened at first.
References
Bucharest Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1986
1986 establishments in Romania
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