Bulevardul Unirii

Bulevardul Unirii ( German boulevard of the unit ) is the current name of the former "Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism", the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu was creating in the 1980s in Bucharest. The Boulevard (actually a " Avenue " ) is aimed at the same time erected monumental Palace of Parliament ( Palatul Parlamentului ), formerly known as " House of the People ". According to the Washington Pentagon is the second largest administrative building in the world It is about 3000 meters long.

The construction of the palace and the postmodern path of feeding on him Avenue required the destruction of valuable building fabric. This affected mainly the historically significant Uranus district, with its elegant villas, the fortified monastery Mihai Voda and the Operetta Theater. Also the Military Museum and Art Deco Stadium from 1926 were demolished. The Church of Mihai Voda was shifted by about 100 meters. On the whole, related to the model at the Paris of Napoleon III. and Georges- Eugène Haussmann street oriented monumental breakthroughs and demolition area about 20 to 25 percent of the historic center of Bucharest. Dozens of churches and several synagogues were destroyed just as much as valuable historical residential buildings.

The Bulevardul Unirii is one meter longer and wider than the Avenue des Champs- Élysées. The boulevard is a little busy and relatively little traffic, just individual stores, especially at the top of the Palace of the Parliament, economically could gain a foothold.

On April 23, 2012 Number 22 was the Romanian National Library ( Biblioteca romanian Naţională a României ), the largest library of Romania opened on Bulevardul Unirii.