During the early middle Ages, Bucharest became a commercial center; important enough to enable the XIV century voivodes build the Princely Canot - known as "The Old Court" - which constituted the nucleus for the development of the medieval town.

Romanian Athenaeum, founded in 1888, with an aspect of Greek temple with Ionic columns at the Athenaeum entrance. It's round shape is due to the fact that it was built over the foundations of a manage. The wonderful interior with round frescoes depicts moments of the Romanian history.

The square gained worldwide notoriety when TV stations around the globe broadcasted Nicolae Ceausescu's final moments in power on December 21, 1989. It was here, at the balcony of the former Communist Party Headquarters, that Ceausescu stared in disbelief as the people gathered in the square below turned on him. He fled the angry crowd in his white helicopter, only to be captured outside of the city a few hours later.

Arch of Triumph initially built in wood, in 1896, to celebrate the royal wedding between Prince Ferdinand and Queen Maria. Made of stone in 1922, in the memory of the victory of Romanian army in the World War I and finished in the actual shape during 1935, of Deva granite.
Standing 25 metres high, the Arc has a staircase that allows visitors to climb to the terrace on the top of the monument. The sculptures that decorate the monument were created by leading artists of the day, including Ion Jalea, Constantin Medrea and Constantin Baraschi.