Piața Unirii
Central square built over a buried river, with a park, fountains and major metro interchange below.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Piața Unirii in Bucharest is about the river hidden beneath the square, the Dâmbovița, sealed under concrete in the nineteen thirties. It turns on one night in May nineteen eighty-seven, when an excavator working nearby met that river and the metro stations below began to take on water. You'll also hear what engineers have lately found in the concrete lid you are standing on. Best heard near the Unirii passage, where the river comes back into view.
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