Kilometer Zero (Bucharest)
The Kilometer Zero monument
The Kilometer Zero monument (Romanian: Kilometrul Zero) located in central Bucharest, Romania, in front of Saint George's Church, was created by in 1938.
The distances from Bucharest to other cities in Romania are measured from this monument. It is divided into eight sections, each representing a Romanian historical province: Muntenia, Dobruja, Bessarabia, Moldavia, Bukovina, Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia. Among the cities inscribed on it are also Chișinău, Orhei and Tighina, which are currently in the Republic of Moldova, as well as Silistra and Dobrich (Bazargic) in Bulgaria, which were part of Greater Romania from 1913 to 1940.
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- Kilometre Zero
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Coordinates: 44°25′57.87″N 26°6′14.05″E / 44.4327417°N 26.1039028°E
Categories:
- Buildings and structures completed in 1938
- Monuments and memorials in Bucharest
- Geography of Bucharest
- Geography of Romania