Calea Victoriei
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Calea Victoriei is a major avenue in central Bucharest. Situated in Sector 1, and having a length of 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi), it leads from Splaiul Independenței to the north and then northwest up to Piața Victoriei, where Șoseaua Kiseleff continues north.
Looking south towards the Bucharest Telephone Palace
The avenue in 1923
Calea Victoriei in 1935. On left is Hotel Capitol and on right is the Casa Capșa. The tall building is the Telephone Palace.
Calea Victoriei in the 1940s. Postal palace (today the History Museum) and CEC Palace (left)
Victory Square, Bucharest
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Victory Square is one of the major public squares in Bucharest, Romania, an intersection where Calea Victoriei, Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard, Iancu de Hunedoara Boulevard, Kiseleff Boulevard, Ion Mihalache Boulevard, and Nicolae Titulescu Boulevard cross.
The square during the interwar period. In the left: the Sturdza Palace (1898-1901) by Iulius Reinicke, on the right: the Building of the Public Officials Association (1900) by Nicolae Mihăescu
Victory Square after WW2 bombardments, during the Communist period
A TR-85 tank in Victory Square during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989