Constantin Brâncoveanu is a metro station in Bucharest. It is named after Constantin Brâncoveanu, a Wallachian prince (1654–1714).
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| Location | Sector 4, Bucharest Romania | ||||||||||
| Platforms | One island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 December 1988 | ||||||||||
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It is located at the junction of the Olteniței Road (Șoseaua Olteniței) and the Constantin Brâncoveanu boulevard (Bd. Constantin Brâncoveanu), right next to the southern entrance into Tineretului Park, providing easy access to the Sala Polivalentă (Polivalenta Hall, a frequent host to sport events and concerts). Here one can find "Orașelul copiilor" (City of the kids), the greatest amusement park in Romania.
Since the fall of communism the platform has been dominated by a statue of Constantin Brâncoveanu and his sons, replacing the older statue of Ion Popescu-Puțuri, a communist leader.
The station opened on 5 December 1988,[1] two years after the southern section of the M2 Line opened,[2][3] likely due to lack of demand for the station in the area, when the line opened at first.
References
edit- ^ "Istoric Metroul bucureștean" [History of Bucharest Metro]. metroubucuresti.webs.com (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
- ^ "Bucharest". Michele Tarozzi.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "București". urbanrail.
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