Statues from Universitate Square will be relocated to Izvor Park to make room for the building of an underground parking lot.
Four statues will be hosted by Izvor Park for more than a year. Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu said he was advised to put the monuments in storage but that he had decided that the public space should not be deprived of them. The cost of relocating the statues will be borne by the investor.
The underground parking lot will be built following a private investment of EUR 15 million and will have two levels and 325 parking spaces.
No trees will be cut down to make room for it and the statues will be returned to their original
locations once the works are finished.
Otilia Haraga