Piaţa Universităţii, forumul patriotismului bucureştenilor la 1877-1878
Piaţa Universităţii (the University Square) a place where the Bucharester patriotic feelings were expressed in the years 1877—1878

Summary/Abstract: In 1877—1878 "Piaţa Universităţii'' became the spiritual centre of Bucharesters in the essential moments of the War of Independence. Among the manifestations of patriotism, there are to be mentioned the feelings caused by the Declaration of Independence on the 9 May 1877 when the enthusiasm of the public was expressed in the ad hoc festivals organized in the Bucharest streets and mainly in "Piaţa Universităţii" around the statue of Michel the Brave. During the whole War of Independence this central square of Bucharest was the very place of public demonstrations of a deep and warm patriotism.

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