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Three to four metres of painted concrete brought by the Academy's own institute, and said in 2025 still to stand in its courtyard.
A segment of the Wall was unveiled on 7 November 2019, thirty years after the Wall opened, at the Romanian Academy in Bucharest. The prime minister Ludovic Orban spoke, with the German ambassador Cord Meier-Klodt, Romania's ambassador to Germany Emil Hurezeanu and the former prime minister Petre Roman among those present. Orban said that artificial divisions and political errors were still part of the world, and that walls were now built not of concrete but of manipulation.
The Academy's Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations, named for Ion I. C. Brătianu, brought the piece to Romania. The press reports differ on its size: Mediafax gives about four metres and 3.5 tonnes, Digi24 three metres and three tonnes. They also differ on the setting, the Academy's park in one and its courtyard in the other.
In May 2025 Dan Dungaciu, who directed the institute at the time, told a talk show that the Academy had bought a genuine segment, which he gave as 4 tonnes and 3 metres, with the help of European companies, with a receipt and authentication. He had wanted it in a public square devoted to anti-communism, but the capital's authorities showed no interest, and he said it was still in the courtyard of the Academy, forgotten.
How did it get here?
Bought by the Romanian Academy's Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations, with the support of European companies, and brought to Bucharest for the thirtieth anniversary in 2019.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #60.
30 de ani de la căderea Zidului Berlinului: O bucată din zid, dezvelită şi amplasată în Parcul Academiei Române — FOTO, VIDEO ↗
7 November 2019: a piece of the Wall, about 4 m tall and 3.5 tonnes, unveiled in the Romanian Academy park by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban with the German ambassador Cord Meier-Klodt, the Romanian ambassador Emil Hurezeanu and Petre Roman; brought largely through the Academy's Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations ‘Ion I. C. Brătianu’.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Fragment din Zidul Berlinului, expus la Academie. L. Orban: Şi azi sunt tentative de construit ziduri, nu din beton, ci din manipulări ↗
7 November 2019: a fragment 3 metres high and 3 tonnes shown in the courtyard of the Romanian Academy, given by the Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations ‘Ion I. C. Brătianu’; Prime Minister Orban on artificial divisions and walls of manipulation.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Dan Dungaciu: „Am adus o bucată de 4 tone din zidul Berlinului. Am pus-o în Piața Victoriei și nu a băgat-o nimeni în seamă” ↗
May 2025: Dan Dungaciu says a genuine 4-tonne, 3-metre segment was bought with the help of European companies, with a receipt and authentication, and shown in the courtyard of the Romanian Academy, where it is still; the Bucharest authorities ignored it.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 60
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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