This is the building of former Central Comitee (Romanian: Comitetul Central) . You can see right up the flags the famous balcony where dictator Ceausescu held his last speech in December 1989. From the roof of the building he and some of his men escaped on the 22nd of December with the help of a helicopter.
Nowadays the place is called Revolution Square (Romanian: Piata Revolutiei) and the building belongs to Romanian Ministry of the Interior.
The statue of Iuliu Maniu, a famous Romanian politician, more than one time Prime Minister of Romania and President of the historical National-Peasant Party, who died imprisoned in 1953, stays today on the place ( The Revolution Square […]
The water of the fountains in Revolution Square (Piata Revolutiei) was coloured in red in order to make people aware of blood donation importance (during a campaign organised by a NGO).
20 years after the Revolution in December 1989 Romanians feel necessary to gather again in Piata Universitatii (University Square) to chant “No Communism”. The second tour of the Presidential Elections in Romania will be held on Sunday, […]
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A moment of history indeed. I still remember seeing the coverage on the news over here in 1989. I never get tired of seeing him hesitate when the crowds start shouting.
Yes, that is the moment I could watch again and again – it’s not only the hesitation – he was really astonished that something like that could happened. For them (he and his wife) that was something unbelievebal.