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Bust of Barbu Constantinescu

The bust of Professor Barbu Constantinescu, on Sfânta Ecaterina Street, next to the church of the same name, is the work of the sculptor Ioan Iordănescu and was unveiled on 8 May 1911; the bronze stands on a tall stone pedestal. Barbu Constantinescu (1839–1891), educated at the Central Seminary, at Saint Sava College and in Leipzig, taught at the Central Seminary, at the Matei Basarab High School and at the Elena Doamna Asylum, and was dean of the Faculty of Theology. He wrote textbooks of Romanian language, history and pedagogy and championed the idea of enlightening the people.

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