Bulevardul Lascăr Catargiu is a major thoroughfare in

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, linking Victory Square with Piața Romană. Originally, the boulevard was part of Strada Colței, a longer road that also included today's Magheru,

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, and Ion C. Brătianu Boulevards. In the early 20th century, it was named after the politician

Lascăr Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu ( or Lascăr Catargi; 1 November 1823 – ) was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, ...

, whose statue was placed near the southern end. Under the

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, it bore the name of

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, reverting to Lascăr Catargiu after the

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. The boulevard is listed as a

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by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as are twelve houses located along its course:Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Municipiul București
* Gheorghe Petrașcu House, at corner with Piața Romană * Dimitrie Bălescu House, at No. 8 *

Dinu Lipatti Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti (; 2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He comp ...

House, at No. 12 * General House, at No. 15 * Bucharest Observatory (Admiral House), at No. 21 *

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House, at No. 29 * Ion Cămărășescu House, at No. 39 * Gheorghe Dobrovici House, at No. 40 * Dimitrie Mavrodin House, at No. 50 * Engineer Constantin Vasilescu House, at No. 54 * House at No. 56 *

Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen (; Gallicized as Petresco-Comnène, Petrescu-Comnène or N. P. Comnène, born Nicolae Petrescu; August 24, 1881 – December 8, 1958) was a Romanian diplomat, politician and social scientist, who served as Minister of Fore ...

House, at No. 58 Other notable structures along the boulevard are: the Anagnostiade House, the Alexandru Gr. Ionescu House, the Nicolae Gheorghiu House, the Papazoglu House, the George G. Verona villa, the Alexandru and Lucreția Alexandrescu Building, and the Băicoianu Building. The statue of Catargiu, built by sculptor

Antonin Mercié Marius Jean Antonin Mercié (October 30, 1845 in Toulouse – December 12, 1916 in Paris), was a French Sculpture, sculptor, Medalist, medallist and Painting, painter. Biography Mercié entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, ...

in 1907, lies at the intersection of the boulevard with Viișoarei and Povernei streets. In 1957, the Communist authorities brought down the statue and stored it next to Casa Scînteii; it was restored in its current location in 2011.

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