Kiseleff Park, Bucharest, Historic urban park in central Bucharest, Romania
Kiseleff Park lies on both sides of Șoseaua Kiseleff, in the triangle formed by Bulevardul Ion Mihalache, Bulevardul Aviatorilor and Strada Ion Mincu. Laid out after 1832 on former forest land, it covers 31,690 m². Its paths pass busts of Nicolae Leonard, Ovidiu and Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, a four-piece sculpture group by George Apostu, and the bronze Monumentul Infanteriei române by Ioan Bolborea.
The park was laid out after 1832, when the Kiseleff road was built through the forest on this side of Bucharest. Its completion is linked to Gheorghe Bibescu and his brother Barbu Știrbey, and the landscape architect Wilhelm Mayer, who also worked on Cișmigiu Park. On 27 April 2000 the bronze Monumentul Infanteriei române by sculptor Ioan Bolborea was unveiled on the spot of an interwar infantry monument demolished on Ion Antonescu's orders under Hitler's pressure.
The park is named after the Kiseleff road built in 1832, which runs through it. Among the busts scattered in the grounds are those of Nicolae Leonard, Ovidiu and Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, and a four-piece sculpture group by George Apostu. On the pedestal that once held King Ferdinand's statue stands, since 2001, a statue of the Persian poet and astronomer Omar Khayyam, placed with the support of Iran's embassy.
The park lies in the triangle formed by Bulevardul Ion Mihalache, Bulevardul Aviatorilor and Strada Ion Mincu, on both sides of Șoseaua Kiseleff. It covers 31,690 m², so it can be crossed on foot. The Romanian Infantry Monument, unveiled on 27 April 2000, stands on the spot of an interwar infantry monument demolished on Ion Antonescu's orders under pressure from Hitler.
The pedestal of the former statue of King Ferdinand now holds a statue of the Persian poet and astronomer Omar Khayyam, placed in 2001 with the support of Iran's embassy after a visit by an Iranian official. A four-piece sculpture group by George Apostu also stands in the park.
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