Bulevardul Unirii (, ''Union Boulevard'') is a major thoroughfare in central

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. It connects Constitution Square (Piața Constituției) with Alba Iulia Square (Piața Alba Iulia), and also runs through Union Square (Piața Unirii). The Constitution Square end features the

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, which began construction simultaneously with the boulevard as an architectural unit.

History

Following the 1977 Vrancea earthquake, Bucharest's city center suffered significant damage, and a large number of historic buildings were demolished to make way for the new Centrul Civic (''Civic Center''). As part of the project, ''Bulevardul Unirii'' was to be

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's answer to

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's '' Avenue des Champs-Élysées''. Construction began on June 25, 1984. Initially called ''Bulevardul Victoria Socialismului'' (''Victory of Socialism Boulevard''), the road is lined with apartment blocks and various public buildings of socialist-realism inspiration. On the large abandoned construction site in the eastern part of the boulevard, a new National Theater was planned to be built by Nicolae Ceaușescu. Only the foundations were completed before the Romanian Revolution of 1989.https://mindcraftstories.ro/mediu/rana-urbanistica-de-10-hectare-din-centrul-capitalei-ce-solutii-exista/

Transport

The boulevard is served by

Piața Unirii metro station Piața Unirii (''Union Square'') is a major metro station in Bucharest. It is located in the southern part of the city centre, in Union Square (''Piața Unirii'' in Romanian), and it is one of the busiest stations of the Bucharest Metro. It is ...

at Union Square.

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