Charles de Gaulle Square

In the centre of the square stands Paul Neagu's Crucea Mileniului (Millennium Cross), built in the 1990s.

In September 2006, on the occasion of the Francophonie Summit held in Bucharest, a statue of Charles de Gaulle was unveiled.

[1] During the Communist period of Romania, the square hosted parades in honor of the Revolution of 23 August 1944.

In 1940 it was renamed Piața Adolf Hitler, but its original name was restored shortly after 23 August 1944, when Romania joined the Allies and turned against the Axis Powers.

A statue of Joseph Stalin stood in the square between 1951 until a summer night in 1962, when four tanks and twelve bulldozers removed it in several hours.