Aside from its beautiful vegetation and panoramic views, the park also includes several monuments, such as a Mausoleum, the
Cantacuzino Fountain (built in 1870), another fountain,
Fântâna Minelor și Carierelor (1906), the Giants' Statues, the Zodiac Fountain (1934), the Technical Museum (first opened in 1909), a monument in the shape of a small mosque built in 1923 as a sign of reconciliation. Also in the park are the open-air Roman Arena, and the
Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy.
Mausoleum The Carol Park Mausoleum (
Mausoleul din Parcul Carol), known during the
Communist régime as the "Monument of the Heroes for the Freedom of the People and of the Motherland, for Socialism" (
Monumentul eroilor luptei pentru libertatea poporului și a patriei, pentru socialism), is located on a plateau. Formerly, it was the site of the Arts Palace (
Palatul Artelor) and later of the Military Museum (
Muzeul Militar), with the fountain in front of the latter museum. The mausoleum was built in honour of revolutionary socialist militants. Designed by architects and , it was inaugurated on 30 December 1963, the 16th anniversary of the
Romanian People's Republic. The base is circular and plated with black
granite. Above rise five narrow arches covered with red granite. Inside the base there is a rotunda covered in red granite plates; the ceiling is decorated with a golden
mosaic. Prior to the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the rotunda contained the
crypts of Communist leaders
Petru Groza,
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and
Constantin Ion Parhon. In the semicircle around the monument were crypts containing the remains of a number of socialist militants, such as
Ștefan Gheorghiu,
Ion C. Frimu,
Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor,
Leontin Sălăjan,
Dumitru Petrescu,
Alexandru Moghioroș,
Gheorghe Cristescu, ,
Petre Constantinescu-Iași,
Ștefan Voitec, Gheorghe Petrescu,
Teohari Georgescu,
Chivu Stoica,
Gheorghe Vasilichi,
Ion Pas,
Constantin Doncea,
Petre Borilă, ,
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (after his rehabilitation), Ioan Gheorghe Olteanu,
Grigore Preoteasa,
Lothar Rădăceanu,
Iosif Rangheț,
Alecu Constantinescu, Gheorghe Petre,
Ilie Pintilie, ,
Leonte Filipescu, and
Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea. To the right of the monument was a hemicycle containing the funeral urns of Communist leaders, such as
Vasile Luca,
Ștefan Foriș,
Iosif Chișinevschi,
Ana Pauker,
Mihail Roller, and
Remus Koffler, When the mausoleum was built, an
eternal flame burned on an upper terrace near the monument, in a granite
amphora. This was intended to preserve the memory of those who had fought on behalf of the
working class. In 1991, the mausoleum acquired a new purpose when the Communists were exhumed and interred in other cemeteries. They were replaced by the remains of soldiers fallen in World War I, brought from the
Mausoleum of Mărășești. The mausoleum and the monument in front of it were dedicated to the
Unknown Soldier. The
rotunda remains closed to the public, and guards are stationed to prevent the approach of visitors. In 2005, 1.97 billion old
lei from the state budget were allocated to refurbish the monument, even though it was removed from the list of historic monuments in 2004.
Dimitrie Leonida Technical Museum World first technical interactive museum.
Gogu Constantinescu bridge Concrete bridge in Carol Park, Bucharest, designed by
George Constantinescu and erected in 1906.
Giants' Statues The two Giants' Statues ('''') flank the park's main walkway near the 11 June Square (
Piața 11 iunie) entrance. tall and from one another, they form a line perpendicular to the walkway and depict two nude youths. One of them shows a young man with a strained look. His head is bowed, his right shoulder twisted, he leans on his left hand, the right he keeps behind his back, and the legs are bent. In the other statue, a young man leans his head toward his left shoulder, his torso is twisted and he supports himself on his left hand, while the right is behind his back. At first the statues were located before the Arts Palace and of the artificial cave in front of it. The grotto was called "The Giants' Grotto" (
Grota cu Giganți) or "The Enchanted Grotto" (
Grota fermecată) as it was watched over by the two giants and a Sleeping beauty (
Frumoasa adormită). The three statues showed the characters of a legend where twins, in love with the same woman, were turned into stone due to their unrequited love, while the object of their love became a waterfall. At that time, the giants were displayed one before the other, with the sleeping beauty lying down in the middle. sculpted
Sleeping beauty;
Dimitrie Paciurea and
Frederic Storck were responsible for the giants. The former was done in
marble; the latter are in
Rousse stone. File:RO B - Statuia Gigantul 2 din Parcul Carol.jpg|"A Giant", statue by
Dimitrie Paciurea File:Gigant Frederic Storck.jpg|"A Giant", statue by
Frederic Storck Arenele Romane The Roman Arena, an open-air theater built by architect Leonida Negrescu and engineer
Elie Radu, were originally intended for sporting as well as cultural events. After renovation in 1968, they can host 5,000 spectators, and are currently used as a venue for occasional concerts. == Gallery ==