Eroilor

Where the name comes from

A square

The nearby Piața Eroilor. City Hall's register does not explain the name; the Medical Heroes monument (1916–1920, First World War doctors and medical staff) stands about 130 m away, and one magazine ties it to the station's name, with no other document.

The station is named after Piața Eroilor. Bucharest City Hall's street register gives no explanation for the square's name, although it explains Eroii Sanitari boulevard separately, dedicated to the doctors and medical staff of the First World War. The Medical Heroes monument (1932, inscribed “Eroilor Sanitari. 1916–1920”) was dismantled in the 1970s while the first metro line was built, and put back in 1981. Revista Cultura says the station owes its name to the monument; we found no Metrorex decision or other document to confirm it, and the article misdates the statue.

How the name travelled

1. EroilorBucharest metro station
2. Piața Eroilordocumented
3. which heroes: unknownunknown

Other explanations

• unproven The name refers to the Medical Heroes (Eroii Sanitari). The street register explains Eroii Sanitari Boulevard separately but says nothing about Piața Eroilor.

Worth knowing

• It is the last station where M1 and M3 run together westbound.
• It was the only station designed with incandescent bulbs.
• Eroilor 2 (M5) is a separate station.