Bucharest metro station
Nicolae Teclu
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Where the name comes from
A person
Nicolae Teclu (1839–1916), Brașov-born Romanian chemist who invented the Teclu burner.
Teclu studied at the Vienna Polytechnic and became a chemistry professor in Vienna; he was a member of the Romanian Academy from 1879. He studied flames and in 1890 patented a burner with adjustable air–gas ratio, giving a hotter flame than the Bunsen burner. His name replaced 'Policolor', after the nearby paint factory, in 2009.
Earlier names
Policolor2008 – 2009
Policolor was the paint factory near the station.
Worth knowing
- It is described as Romania's most colourful metro station, with walls and pillars in red, green, white, yellow, blue and orange.
- In 2009 four M3 stations were renamed, including Policolor → Nicolae Teclu.
On the line
Where it sits in the network
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