The bust of Nicolae Bălcescu is made in marble by the sculptor Constantin Baraschi. Placed in 1943, it is one of the twelve busts in the Writers’ Rotunda in Cișmigiu Garden. Nicolae Bălcescu is presented old and thoughtful, although he died young, at 33 years old.
Other works by Constantin Baraschi: The Zero Kilometer Monument located in the center of Bucharest, in front of St. George’s Church – 1938, Cariatides Alley, in Herăstrău Park, part of the Modura Fountain statuary ensemble – 1939
Who was Nicolae Bălcescu?
Nicolae Bălcescu (1819 – 1852) was a Romanian historian, writer and revolutionary, participant in the Revolution of 1848. Bălcescu’s work, elaborated in less than 9 years, includes social history studies, historical biographies, political and occasional articles and the imposing monograph “Romanians under Mihai Voivode Viteazul“.
The history of the Romanians under Mihai Voivod Viteazul is the work that proves Bălcescu’s qualities as a historian and talented writer. Nicolae Bălcescu portrays the great ruler as a symbol of the ideas of freedom and national unity of Romanians everywhere and at all times. Because, for Bălcescu, history is “the holy book where the glory of Romania is written”, and Mihai Viteazul is “the most famous and greatest of the Romanian governors” and the years of his reign – “the richest in brave deeds, in wonderful examples of sacrifices for the country”.
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