Piața Constituției

Piața Constituției (Romanian for "Constitution Square") is one of the largest squares in the centre of Bucharest, Romania. The square is standing face-to-face with the Palace of the Parliament (biggest building in Europe) and it is bisected by Bulevardul Unirii (Union Boulevard) and by Bulevardul Libertății (Liberty Boulevard).^[1]

Piața Constituției, as seen from the balcony of the Palace of the Parliament

The square is one of the best places to organize concerts and parades of Bucharest. Every year, the mayor of Bucharest organizes the New Year's Party in this square.^[2] The square is also used to host military parades in honor of the National Day of Romania.

Concerts

Concerts in Constitution Square
Date	Artist	Tour	Attendance
6 September 2004	Sarah Brightman	Harem World Tour	20.000
16 May 2010	AC/DC	Black Ice	55,000[3]
5 June 2010	Elton John	European Tour	8,000
7 May 2011	Shakira	The Sun Comes Out	20,000[4]
6 June 2011	Sting	Symphonicity	10,000[5]
10 July 2011	Bon Jovi	Live	60,000[6]
16 August 2012	Lady Gaga	Born This Way Ball	35,000
22 September 2012	Leonard Cohen	Old Ideas	15,000[7]
24 July 2013	Iron Maiden	Maiden England	15,000[8]
28 August 2013	Roger Waters	The Wall	50,000[9]
17 July 2015	Robbie Williams	Let Me Entertain You Tour	60,000[10]
5 June 2015	André Rieu	Live from Bucharest (7-concert marathon)	84,000[11]
2 September 2015	Cast of Violetta	Violetta Live	N/A
5 June 2016	Maroon 5	Maroon V Tour	25,000
11 June 2016	André Rieu		12,500
21 June 2016	/ Queen/Adam Lambert	Summer Festival Tour	40,000
29 July 2016	Muse	Drones World Tour	17,000
30 July 2016	Iron Maiden	The Book of Souls World Tour	25,000
14 August 2016	Rihanna	ZUtopia Music Festival	52,000
15 August 2016	Steve Aoki		12,000
17 August 2016	Sia		N/A
22 June 2017	Andrea Bocelli		9,000
22 September 2018	Hurts		N/A
23 September 2018	Rod Stewart		N/A
21 July 2019	/ Bon Jovi/Firma	This House Is Not For Sale Tour	N/A
22 July 2019	Editors	Rock the City Festival
22 July 2019	God Is An Astronaut
22 July 2019	Coma
22 July 2019	The Cure
18 August 2023	Robbie Williams	Summer in the City Festival
18 August 2023	Calum Scott
18 August 2023	LP
19 August 2023	Jason Derulo
19 August 2023	Abby Robertson

References

1. "Streets of Bucharest: Constitution Square". www.strazibucuresti.ro. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
2. Etves, Antoaneta (December 23, 2010). "Primăria Capitalei va organiza Revelion în Piața Constituției". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved December 24, 2022.
3. "MEGA-concert! AC/DC a electrizat duminica seara Bucureștiul". Stirile Pro TV. 17 May 2010.
4. "Shakira, Roxette sau Bon Jovi. Care dintre concertele anului 2011 ti-a placut cel mai mult?". Stirile Pro TV. 31 December 2011.
5. "Concert Sting la București: 10.000 de spectatori s-au strâns în Piața Constituției". Gândul (in Romanian). 6 June 2011.
6. Dinu, Clarice (11 July 2011). "Am fost la CONCERTUL BON JOVI DE LA BUCUREŞTI şi confirm ce a scris Jon pe pagina de Facebook: "INCREDIBIL!"". Gândul.
7. Dan, Alina (23 September 2012). "Leonard Cohen a adus "Old Ideas" la București". Mediafax.
8. Anghel, Mihai (25 July 2013). "Poze de la concertul Iron Maiden din Piața Constituției de pe 24 iulie 2013". InfoMusic.
9. "Roger Waters la finalul show-ului "The Wall" de la București: "Acest concert a însemnat enorm pentru mine!"". Adevărul. 28 August 2013.
10. "Mesajul lui Robbie Williams dupa concertul de la Bucuresti. "Uneori este atât de frumos incât nu poți descrie"". Știrile Pro TV. 18 July 2015.
11. Călin, Dorina (15 June 2015). "Aproximativ 84.000 de spectatori, la cele șapte concerte susținute de André Rieu la București". Mediafax.

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