Bucarest - plaza de Espana con Cervantes

Piața Spaniei ("Spanish Plaza") is a small square in

Sector 2 Sector 2 ( ro, Sectorul 2) is an administrative unit of Bucharest. Demographics Sector 2 is the city's most multicultural sector. In particular, it contains Romania's largest community of Chinese people, who mainly live in the districts of C ...

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

, near and

Grădina Icoanei ''Grădina Icoanei'' ("Icon's Garden") is a small park in central Bucharest, situated not far away from Piața Romană and Bulevardul Magheru. The park, located next to Gheorghe Cantacuzino Plaza in Sector 2 of the city, was inaugurated in 1873 ...

. In the middle of the square there is a bust of

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best know ...

, the famous Spanish writer. The Spanish Plaza lies next to Dacia Boulevard; it is connected to the nearby Gheorghe Cantacuzino Plaza by Dumbrava Roșie Street. The villa built in 1934 by architect Alexandru Săvulescu for General

Henri Cihoski Henri Cihoski (October 2, 1871 – May 18, 1950) was a Romanian major general during World War I, and Minister of War from 1928 to 1930. Biography Early days He was born on October 2, 1871 in Tecuci, the seat of Tecuci County, in a family of Poli ...

lies at the corner of Piața Spaniei with Dacia Boulevard.

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