Modern monuments & art
Mausoleums, bridges, towers, lighthouses and sculptures of the 19th and 20th centuries. Photogenic places that younger travellers love.
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15 places
Anghel Saligny Bridge
Cernavodă · 1895 Danube railway bridge, once Europe’s longest
Basarab Overpass
Bucharest · Europe’s widest cable-stayed bridge
Bridge of Lies
Sibiu · a cast-iron footbridge with a bundle of legends
Cantacuzino Palace
Bucharest · Beaux Arts palace and George Enescu museum
Cernavodă Bridge
Cernavodă · steel truss bridge carrying road and rail over the Danube
Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni
Iași · metal border bridge over the Prut, Bridge of Flowers
Foișorul de Foc
Bucharest · fire lookout turned firefighters’ museum
Galați TV Tower
Galați · concrete TV tower with a restaurant aloft
Genoese Lighthouse
Constanța · lighthouse relit in 2020 after 107 years
Heroes’ Cross on Caraiman Peak
Bucegi · 39 m summit cross for the First World War dead
Lions’ Obelisk
Iași · four lions and an obelisk in Copou Park
Mausoleum of Mărășești
Mărășești · memorial to the 1917 battle and 5,073 soldiers
Mausoleum of Mateiaș
Argeș · hilltop memorial to the soldiers of 1916
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Bucharest · the World War I tomb chosen by a boy
Iosefin Water Tower
Timișoara · industrial water tower on the Bega