Piața Romană

The ASE building, as seen from Piaţa Romană

Piaţa Romană, a 19th-century painting by Juan Alpar

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 Piaţa 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 is located to the north of the square.

The square is referenced in the songs "Piața Romană nr. 9" by Nicu Alifantis, "Odă" by Omul cu şobolani and "Sloboz" by Paraziții.

Panorama, December 2014

External links

Piaţa Romană live webcam

Geography of Bucharest, Romania

Sectors of Bucharest	Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3 Sector 4 Sector 5 Sector 6

Districts (quarters)	13 Septembrie Aviației Băneasa Berceni Bucureștii Noi Centrul Civic Colentina Cotroceni Crângași Dămăroaia Dealul Spirii Dorobanți Dristor Drumul Taberei Dudești Ferentari Floreasca Fundeni Ghencea Giulești Giurgiului Grivița Iancului Lipscani Militari Moșilor Obor Odăi Olteniței Pantelimon Pipera Primăverii Progresul Rahova Regie Tei Tineretului Titan Vitan Văcărești

Squares	Charles de Gaulle Constituției Quito Square Revoluției Romană Rosetti Unirii University Square Victory Square

Major streets	Bulevardul Unirii Calea Moșilor Calea Victoriei Lipscani Magheru Boulevard Șoseaua Kiseleff

Hills	Cotroceni Dealul Mitropoliei Dealul Spirii

Rivers	Colentina Dâmbovița

Lakes	Lacul Morii Lake Băneasa Lake Cișmigiu Lake Dâmbovița Lake Floreasca Lake Fundeni Lake Grivița Lake Herăstrău Lake Pantelimon Lake Plumbuita Lake Străulești Lake Tei Lake Tineretului Lake Titan Lake Văcărești

Parks and forests	Băneasa Forest (Codrii Vlăsiei) Bordei Park Botanical Garden Carol Park Cișmigiu Gardens Giulești Park Grădina Icoanei Herăstrău Park Tineretului Park Vitan Park

See also	Bucharest metropolitan area Kilometre Zero

Coordinates: 44°26′49.16″N 26°5′47.61″E / 44.4469889°N 26.0965583°E / 44.4469889; 26.0965583

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