A French garden located in the southern-central area of Bucharest, partly on Filaret Hill,[1] originally capable of hosting various exhibitions, it suffered considerable modifications during the communist regime, including a name change to Parcul Libertății (Liberty Park).

Administration of the park is undertaken mostly by the Bucharest City Hall, whereas monuments are in the care of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

The park was designed by French landscape artist Édouard Redont [fr] in 1900 on Filaret Hill, under the supervision of Constantin Istrati, then president of the Romanian Academy.

[2] It hosted the 1906 Bucharest Exhibition, and included many pavilions and buildings, of which only the Technical Museum and the open air Roman Arenas survive.

The park once contained busts of Ioan Lahovary and Constantin Istrati, but these were replaced after 1948 with busts of George Coșbuc, Alexandru Sahia, Nicolae Bălcescu (these three by Constantin Baraschi [ro]), and the "shoemaker poet" Dumitru Theodor Neculuță (by Emil Mereanu [ro]), which remain today.

Prior to the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the rotunda contained the crypts of Communist leaders Petru Groza, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and Constantin Ion Parhon.

[4] To the right of the monument was a hemicycle containing the funeral urns of Communist leaders, such as Vasile Luca, Ștefan Foriș, Iosif Chișinevschi, Ana Pauker, Mihail Roller, and Remus Koffler,[4] and Communist militants, including Gheorghe Vasilescu-Vasia [ro], Constantin David, Ada Marinescu, Panait Mușoiu, Barbu Lăzăreanu, Simion Stoilow, and Mihail Macavei.

The two Giants' Statues (Statuile Giganții [ro]) flank the park's main walkway near the 11 June Square (Piața 11 iunie) entrance.

Filip Marin [ro] sculpted Sleeping beauty; Dimitrie Paciurea and Frederic Storck were responsible for the giants.

The Roman Arena, an open-air theater built by architect Leonida Negrescu and engineer Elie Radu, were originally intended for sporting as well as cultural events.