Monument sights in Romania
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Statue of Vlad Ţepeş
Hidden away behind the the Church of the Dominican Monastery is a Statue of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula), showing the legend with a bewildered look and his trademark circa-1981 porno moustache.
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statue of Mihai Eminescu
A peaceful promenade meanders along the waterfront, offering sweeping views of the Black Sea. Behind the lighthouse, a tragically poised statue of Mihai Eminescu looks out to the sea.
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Memorial Cross
A black memorial cross, a couple of blocks north of Piaţa Universităţii, marks the spot where the first protestor in the 1989 Revolution, Mihai Gătlan, died at 17:30 on 21 December 1989.
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Rebirth Memorial
On an island in Calea Victoriei is a new, controversial (due to its ugliness and lack of symbolism) Rebirth Memorial - a white obelisk piercing a basket-like crown (some have called it the 'potato of the revolution' because of its crown shape).
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Victory Monument
Near the city's main intersection, B-dul Ferdinand and B-dul Tomis, is the Archaeological Park, which has remains of the 3rd-century Roman city wall and the 6th-century Butchers' tower, loads of Roman sculptures and the modern Victory Monument.
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Romulus and Remus statue
On Piaţa Romană you can see the Romulus and Remus statue, which depicts Lupoaica Romei (the wolf of Rome) and the abandoned children Romulus and Remus, whom the wolf fed and cared for, enabling them to found the city of Rome. The statue was a gift from Italy.
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Str Republicii
Running north of Sfatului square, the pedestrianised Str Republicii provides respite from the traffic that detracts from the charm of the rest of the Old Town. The Memorial to Victims of 1989 Revolution is at the promenade's northern end, and the Heroe's Cemetery is across B-dul 15 de Noiembrie.
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Memorandumists Plaque
The Memorandumists plaque honours the Transylvanian leaders of the Romanian National Party who addressed a memorandum to the emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna in 1892, calling for an end to discrimination against Romanians. In an apt response, 29 of their members were convicted of agitating against the state and imprisoned.
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Birthplace of Matthias Corvinus
A block south is the politically charged Birthplace of Matthias Corvinus, a 15th-century Hungarian king. Note the side-by-side plaques. Romanian authorities allowed the Hungarian community to put up the first, then placed the rather flip second one in Romanian and English, which claims that the 'Romanian Matthias Corvinus' was born here 'according to historical tradition'.
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Triumphal Arch
About half way up Şos Kiseleff, the 11m Triumphal Arch, based on Paris' namesake monument, was built in 1935 to commemorate the reunification of Romania in 1918. Sites of WWI battles are inscribed inside the arch, while King Ferdinand and Queen Marie feature on its southern façade. Previously a shoddy makeshift monument had been made in 1922 (just before King Ferdinand's triumphant entry into the city).
The arch was so ludicrous that composer George Enescu wrote to the city mayor, demanding to know when a 'real' triumphal arch would be erected. Its viewing platform is now closed to the public.
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Gothic Evangelical Church
On Piaţa Huet, you'll find the Gothic Evangelical Church, built between 1300 and 1520, its great five-pointed tower visible from afar. Don't miss the four magnificent baroque funerary monuments on the upper nave on the north wall, and the 1772 organ with 6002 pipes (it's Romania's largest).
The tomb of Mihnea Vodă cel Rău (Prince Mihnea the Bad), son of a certain Vlad Ţepeş, is in the closed-off section behind the organ (ask for entry; it's the first of 67 tombstones). This prince, who ruled Wallachia from 1507 to 1510, was murdered on the square in front of the church after attending a service in March 1510. You can climb the church tower - ask for entry at Casa…
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