Monument or statue · 1914
Bust of Panait Donici
The bust of Panait Donici, on Iuliu Maniu Boulevard, near “The Lion” statue, is the work of the sculptor Oscar Späthe, a founding member of the Tinerimea Artistică society, and was inaugurated in 1914. The bronze bust stands on a tall stone pedestal. Panait Donici (1825–1905), a soldier and politician, commanded the engineer battalions of Moldavia and Wallachia, served as Minister of Public Works and is considered the organizer of Romania's engineer troops.
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On the old maps
The place appears on 41 maps and images, from 1790 to today:
- 1790 · Specht Plan
- 1846 · Borroczyn Plan
- 1852 · Borroczyn Plan
- 1864 · Szathmari Plan
- 1871 · Pappasoglu Plan
- 1883 · Cerkez Plan
- 1893 · Orăscu Plan
- 1896 · J. Don Plan
- 1900 · Plan of Bucharest 1900
- 1911 · Army Geographic Institute Plan
- 1914 · Socec Plan
- 1921 · Mihai Pantea Plan
- 1926 · Union Plan
- 1927 · Socec Plan
- 1928 · Industrial Plan
- 1931 · STB Plan
- 1931 · Unirea Plan
- 1934 · Wahing Plan
- 1938 · Aerial photo 1938
- 1938 · Teodorescu Plan
- 1939 · Simboteanu and Moldoveanu Plan
- ~1940 · Artillery Firing Plans
- 1943 · Aerial photo 1943
- 1966 · Satellite image 1966
- 1968 · Map of Bucharest 1968
- 1969 · Map of Bucharest 1969
- 1972 · Satellite image 1972
- 1976 · Satellite image 1976
- 1977 · Satellite image 1977
- 1978 · Satellite image 1978
- 1979 · Satellite image 1979
- 1980 · Satellite image 1980
- 1982 · Satellite image 1982
- 1982 · ITB Plan
- 1983 · Satellite image 1983
- 1984 · Satellite image 1984
- ~1985 · Soviet Topographic Map
- 1990 · Cadastral Plan
- 2001 · AGC Polonia Plan
- 2017 · Orthophoto 2017
- today · Current satellite
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