The monument of the Revolution of December 1989 – Buzău

THE MONUMENT OF THE REVOLUTION OF DECEMBER 1989 – BUZĂU In December 1989, the revolution that began in Timișoara spread to Bucharest. Many people from Buzău took part in the events in the area of the Romanian Television, the Military Academy and Otopeni Airport. In Buzău, the popular protests began on 22nd December 1989, when protesters occupied the town hall. On the evening of 23rd December 1989 there were heavy exchanges of fire in the city, especially in the south-west and in the Crâng Forest area, where military units are located and where the Second Army Command was located. In the events of December 1989, 47 people of Buzău died, in the city or in other places in the country. In 1990, the artist Tudor Ioan Șerban created a monument dedicated to the memory of the martyrs of December 1989 revolution, placed in front of Buzău Communal Palace. In the artist’s conception, the monument represents the headless and legless body of a young man, leaning on the reticular threads of a weapon. Another interpretation, which has generated dissatisfaction from the Orthodox Church, is that the two intersecting axes behind the young man’s body would represent an inverted cross, which would be detrimental to the symbol of Christianity. On the statue’s red marble plinth are inscribed the names of the 47 martyrs of Buzău, to whom homage is paid on the occasion of the commemoration of the events of December 1989.