Bucharest In Your Pocket - Piaţa Revoluţiei (Revolution Square)
It was here, on Piaţa Revoluţiei (Revolution Square), at around midday on December 21, 1989, that the Ceauşescu regime began to crumble. A white marble triangle, with the inscription Glorie martirilor nostri (Glory to our martyrs), points (slightly innacurately) to the low balcony above the entrance of the former Central Committee building (today the INterior Ministry) from where Nicolae Ceauşescu held his last public speech. It is today difficult to imagine all that went on the not so distant past, as the area is quiet, but the (deliberately preserved) bullet holes on the building opposite (above the Humanitas book shop) are a reminder of the madness of those December days. After initial protests here (which forced Ceauşescu to abondon a speech) the crowd was fired upon, and dispersed, only to regroup in Piaţa Universităţii.
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Revolution Square, Bucharest - Romania
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Revolution Square, Bucharest, Romania
Piata Revolutiei (Revolution Square) is a square in central Bucharest, on Calea Victoriei. It was where the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu finally came to an end, on December 21st and 22nd 1989.
Romania - Bucharest Revolution Square
1989 & NOW: Bucharest's Revolution Square
Footage of Bucharest's Revolution Square, with stills from the 1989 revolution. The square was the site of Ceaușescu's last speech and the start of the Romanian Revolution.
Revolution Square, Bucharest
Piata Revolutiei, Bucuresti
Bucharest In Your Pocket - Piaţa Universităţii
Ten stone crosses on the traffic island in the middle of B-dul Nicolae Bălcescu pay homage to those killed during the revolution, while a black cross at number 18 marks the spot where the first victim of the revolution fell in Bucharest. Mihai Gâtlan died here on December 21, 1989, at 17:30. Revolutionaries had gathered here after the earlier protests at the Central Committee building further along the road. A long night of pointless killing followed, with die hard revolutionaries manning barricades in front of the InterContinental hotel, from where forces loyal to the old regime, as well as conscript soldiers who had little idea what was going on, fired into the crowd as it was forced to disperse shortly before dawn.
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Revolution Square in Bucharest
The place where Ceausescu gave his final speech and the Romanian People chose to reject communism
Welcome to Romania: Touring Bucharest
The Explore Worldwide group met at the Minerva Hotel for introductions and explanations given by guide Cristian (Cristi) who would travel with us through Romania before setting out for a quick tour of Bucharest.
We walked though Revolution Square which gained worldwide notoriety when Nicolae Ceausescu spent his final moments in power on the balcony of Communist Party Headquarters before crossing into University Square, heading towards Lipscani. It was going to be a very long day!
Tiesto @ Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest, Romania 05-17-2007
Tiesto's Elements of Life concert, Romania 17th May 2007
fonzerelli - moonlight party
Radio Bucharest (Romanian Revolution 1989)
Aired December 22, 1989. Radio Bucharest (today Radio Romania International) shortwave news update detailing the revolution that overthrew the socialist government after 42 years of rule.
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Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu's trial and execution
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Tiesto @ Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest, Romania 05-17-2007
Tiesto's concert in Romania in May 2007 - Adagio for Strings
The 1989 Romanian Revolution Bucharest and Razvan Constantinescu
Footage from the live TV broadcast of Nicolae Ceauşescu's final speech from the balcony, followed by footage of Razvan Constantinescu pleading with the Securitate troops. He was trying to remind them that they were all brothers and that their mothers and fathers at home were enduring exactly the same hardship and injustices as each other.
Razvan Constantinescu is a centre-left political activist, working hard for the Labour party to bring about a fair and equitable society through sustained and transparent grass-root community engagement. Read more about him here:
Tiesto @ Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest, Romania 05-17-2007
Tiesto's concert in Romania in May 2007 - Love comes again
Tiesto @ Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest, Romania 05-17-2007
Tiesto's concert in Romania in May 2007
10 seconds before sunrise
Tiesto @ Piata Revolutiei, Bucharest, Romania 05-17-2007
People dancing for life
Bucharest In Your Pocket - Piaţa Unirii
Piaţa Unirii is the centre of Nicolae Ceausescus Civic Centre (Centru Civic). Piaţa Unirii has in fact been around for as long as Bucharest has existed: there was a market here as early as the 16th century. Todays square is unrecognizable from that which stood here before 1976. Back then it was surrounded by low-rise houses, shops, and the early-19th century Hanul lui Manuc. The Hanul is now all that remains: two sides of the square are faced by apartment blocks, while on the eastern side is Unirea: the countrys first department store when opened in 1977, and today a modern shopping centre. The once lively daily market that operated in the centre of the square is now hidden behind Unirea.
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Nicolae Ceausescu LAST SPEECH (english subtitles) 1/2
Nicolae Ceauşescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e tʃa.uˈʃesku]; 26 January 1918 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the Secretary General of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, President of the Council of State from 1967, and President of Romania from 1974 to 1989.
His rule was marked in the first decade by an open policy towards Western Europe and the United States, which deviated from that of the other Warsaw Pact states during the Cold War. He continued a trend first established by his predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who had tactfully coaxed the Soviet Union into withdrawing troops from Romania in 1958.[1]
Ceauşescu's second decade was characterized by an increasingly erratic personality cult, nationalism and a deterioration in foreign relations with the Western powers as well as the Soviet Union. Ceauşescu's government was overthrown in a December 1989 military coup, and he and his wife were executed following a televised two-hour session by a kangaroo court.[2]
Nicolae Ceaușescu: (cu tonul obișnuit) „Dragi tovarăși și pretini, cetățeni ai capitalii României socialiste. Doresc, în primu’ rând, să vă adresez dumneavoastră, participanților la acestă mare adunare populară, tutulol loc’itorilor mun’cipului București, un salut călduros, rev’loţionar, împreună cu cele mai bune urări de succes în toati domenilii de activitate.”
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NC: „Doresc, de asemenea, s’adresez mulțumiri inițiatorilor (zâmbește și privește în partea dreaptă) și organizatorilor acestei mare manifestări populare din București… (vuiet în piață)…considerând acesta…(vuietul crește)… ca o…”
Elena Ceaușescu: (către cei din balcon) „Trage cineva.”
Emil Bobu: (la urechea lui NC) „Vino-n Sediu’.”
EC: „Ăă, ce vine? Cutremur?”
NC: „Cee?”
EB: „Vino-n Sediu!”
NC: „Cee?”
EB: „Vino-n Sediu’. Repede! Vino-n Sediu!’.”
NC: „Nu, mă, ho!” (adresându-i-se probabil lui EB care-l presa să se retragă)
(o voce, probabil primarul Bucureștiului? sau to Emil Bobu, agent de influență al rusiei): „A dat „ tunul ” cineva, acolo, Ia stați!… (neinteligibil, probabil „o plesnitoare”)”
NC: „Alo, aa..lo…”
EB: „Ia, stați…”
NC: „Alo…”
EC: „Liniște.”
NC: „Alo…alo…aa…lo.”
EC: (pur și simplu scandează) „Li-niş-te, li-niş-te, li-niş-te!”
NC: „Alo…alo….”
EC: „Li-niş-te!”
(o voce, probabil EB) : „Dragi tovarăși!”
NC: „Alo…alo….” (bătăi cu mâna în microfon)
EC: „Liniște!”
NC: (i se adresează lui EC) „Șhhhh!, Taci măi!” „Alo, tovarăși!” „Tovarăși, așezați-vă liniștiți!” „Tovarăși!”
EC: „Stați liniștiți!”
NC: „Tovarăși!”
EC: „Alo…”
NC: „Tovarăși! Așezați-vă liniștiți!”
NC: „Alo…”
EC: „Stați liniștiți, oameni buni!”
NC: „Tovarăși, așezați-vă liniștiți!”
EC: „Alo… (bate în microfon, probabil cu un pix) Ce-i cu voi? Liniște! (bate foarte des în microfon)”
EB: „Tovarăși!”
EC: (continuă să bată în microfon) „Liniște!”
EB: „Tovarăși, stați pe loc!” (mulți fugiseră după izbucnirea inițială și se dispersaseră).
EB: „Adunați pă toți tovarășii!”
EC: „Adunați-i pe toți. Ce e cu voi? Stați liniștiți! Liniște! N-auzi?”
EB: „Liniște! (cineva tot bate în microfon, probabil cu mâna)”
NC: „Alo…”
EB: „Ia, uite, stau oamenii… (neinteligibil)”
NC: „Alo…”
EB: „Tovarăși, mergeți acolo …(neinteligibil)”
EB: „Liniște!”
NC: „Alo… așezați-vă liniștiți la locurili voastre! (se adresează celor din balcon) Asta-i o provocare. (din nou la microfon) Alo! Alo!”
EC: „Așezați-vă liniștiți. Stați liniștiți!”
NC: „Alo… cetățeni ai capitalii…”
EB: „Mergeți înapoi, tovarăși.” (NC îi face semn să tacă, privește spre piață și își mușcă buzele cu expresia celui care-și dă seama că situația nu e în regulă, apoi face cu mâna fără prea multă convingere gestul acela de salut din coloana oficială).
EC: „Stați liniștiți!”
NC: (către cei din balcon) „E un grup, acolo…”
EC: „ Liniștiți…liniște! (apoi către NC) Vorbește-le, vorbește-le!” „Alo!”
NC: (reia pe tonul obișnuit) „Încă o dată, doresc să subliniez că trebuie să demonstrăm cu toată puterea forța și unitatea în apărarea independenţii, integrității și suveranității României etc. etc.”
(NC încheie discursul în fața activiștilor de nădejde. Acesta este ultimul contact cu poporul).
Tiesto in Piata Revolutiei
Concertul DJ Tiesto din Piata Revolutiei, 17 mai 2007, organizat de Cosmote cu ocazia lansarii i-Mode.