Bucharest metro station
Piața Iancului
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Where the name comes from
A square
Piața Iancului, named after Iancu, a Cossack captain and one of the founders of the Olari church.
The station lies in Piața Iancului, at the western end of Șoseaua Iancului. Bucharest City Hall's street register explains the name of both square and road by Iancu, a Cossack captain and one of the founders of the Olari church, mentioned in documents from 1752 and 1758.
How the name travelled
- Piața Iancului
- Piața Iancului
- Iancu, a Cossack captain and one of the founders of the Olari church
Other explanations
- rejected The name comes from Avram Iancu and dates from the communist period. Bucharest's official street register links the name to a Cossack captain mentioned in documents from 1752 and 1758.
Worth knowing
- It opened in August 1989 on the Gara de Nord–Dristor 2 section (7.8 km, 6 stations), then part of Line III; today it belongs to M1.
- It is near the Iulia Hasdeu National College, in the Iancului district.
- The station is planned as an interchange and temporary terminus of the future M5 line.
On the line
Where it sits in the network
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