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The square is a significant transportation hub, containing the Piața Unirii metro station and a major interchange for STB buses; there is also a tram terminal near the southwest corner. The Unirea Shopping Center , the Cocor department store and a large taxi stand are located on the east side of this square, while the historic Hanul lui Manuc ...
Piața Unirii (Union Square) is a major metro station in Bucharest. It is located in the southern part of the city centre, in Union Square (Piața Unirii in Romanian), and it is one of the busiest stations of the Bucharest Metro. It is made up of two terminals, one on the M1 and M3 lines and another on the M2 line, linked by a passage.
Calea Moșilor was the first street paved with cobblestones in Wallachia in 1825. [2] Slowly all the streets in Bucharest took the same turn and wooden "bridges" were forgotten for good. Between 1978 and 1982 the old historic streets between Carol I Boulevard and Obor were demolished and replaced with 8 to 10 stories tall apartment blocks , and ...
Berceni – Piața Unirii on 24 January 1986; Piața Unirii – Pipera on 25 October 1987. A unique station on the Bucharest Metro is Piața Romană, which was shelved from the initial plan. It was built after the opening of the line in 1987, and this can be noticed easily; the platforms are very narrow and the pillars are massive.
As part of the project, Bulevardul Unirii was to be Communist Romania's answer to Paris's Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Construction began on June 25, 1984. [1] Initially called Bulevardul Victoria Socialismului (Victory of Socialism Boulevard), the road is lined with apartment blocks and various public buildings of socialist-realism inspiration ...
Opened in 1976 and enlarged in 1989, it was the largest department store in Communist Romania. [2] It was converted into a shopping centre during the 1990s. The complex has a total area of 83,971 square metres (903,856 sq ft) and 1,000 parking spaces. [1] The closest metro station to the shopping centre is Piața Unirii metro station.
Opened on 24 October 1987 as part of the M2 extension from Piața Unirii, it is the northern terminus of the line. [2] The initial scope of the station was to serve the large Pipera industrial estate. Since the end of industry in Romania however, the station is now used by the new business and residential estates established here.
Version 2.0 of Google Maps Mobile was announced at the end of 2007, with a stand out My Location feature to find the user's location using the cell towers, without needing GPS. [198] [199] [200] In September 2008, Google Maps was released for and preloaded on Google's own new platform Android. [201] [202]