Those who meet “under the horse” at the University may not even suspect that the church of St. Sava used to be on the exact spot where the equestrian statue of Mihai the Brave now stands. the first phase, executed by Parkelabul Andronash, at the end of the 16th century, and was rebuilt by Voivode Constantin Brankovianu in 1713.

The church was demolished to make way for the university palace and the statues in the square.

How the University Square looked at the time when there were a church, a cemetery, a royal school, a library, stables, shops, all surrounded by stone walls.

In 1972, at the end of May, on Elizabeth Boulevard in Bucharest, Intreprindea Teleconstructia Sector 1 carried out a series of works consisting of digging a trench 1 meter wide on the southern sidewalk, opposite the facade of the University Palace, in the segment reserved for the statue of Michael the Brave.

It was the first time that anyone had disturbed the city’s past hearth in Mahalaua Sf Sava. The results were impressive: beneath University Square was a sprawling network of pipes feeding St. Sava’s monastery and cemetery.

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