Ghencea Cemetery
| Ghencea Military Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Romania | |
 The entrance to the military section | |
| For the Heroes of the Wars | |
| Location | Bucharest, Romania |
| Burials by war | |
Ghencea Cemetery is located in Ghencea neighbourhood of Bucharest, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian[1] and military.[2]
Notable interments
[edit]- Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, mathematician
- Gheorghe Argeșanu, general and statesman
- Niki Atanasiu, actor
- Mihai Baicu, footballer
- Grigore Bălan, general in World War II
- Iolanda Balaș, athlete and Olympic champion
- Maria Butaciu, performer of folklore music
- Gianu Bucurescu, Securitate officer
- Cornelia Catangă, singer
- Elena Ceaușescu, communist activist and wife of President Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, first President of Romania
- Nicu Ceaușescu, communist politician and third son of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
- Mihai Chițac, general and Minister of the Interior
- Lucreția Ciobanu, folk singer from Sibiu
- Mihai Constantinescu, musician
- Florența Crăciunescu, Olympic athlete
- Gheorghe Cucu, composer, conductor, and folklorist
- Ion Dincă, communist politician, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mayor of Bucharest
- Eugenia Greceanu, architect
- Aimée Iacobescu, actress
- Alexandru Ioanițiu, general
- Mihaela Mitrache, actress
- Mariana Nicolesco, operatic soprano
- Angelo Niculescu, football player and manager
- Alexis Nour, journalist, activist, and essayist
- Alexandru Pastia, military officer
- Gheorghe Pintilie, first Director of the Securitate
- Temistocle Popa, composer, musician, and film actor
- Cristian Popescu, poet
- Tudor Postelnicu, communist politician, Director of the Securitate, Interior Minister
- Ilie Savu, footballer and coach
- Alexandru Șerbănescu, flying ace in World War II
- Iosif Sîrbu, sport shooter and Romania’s first ever Olympic champion
- Niculae Spiroiu, general and Minister of Defense
- Toni Tecuceanu, comedy actor
- Costică Toma, footballer and coach
- Nicolae Tonitza, painter and illustrator
- Cristian Țopescu, journalist and politician
- Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the Greater Romania Party, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament
- Olimpian Ungherea, writer
- Doru-Viorel Ursu, politician and lawyer
- Ștefan Vencov, physicist and rector of Politehnica University
- Ilie Verdeț, Prime Minister of Romania
- Iulian Vlad, last Director of the Securitate
Gallery
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Former grave of Nicolae Ceaușescu -
Entrance to the Ghencea Civilian Cemetery -
Grave in Ghencea cemetery, with Masonic symbol -
Grave of Alexandru Șerbănescu -
Grave of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
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References
[edit]- ^ "Cimitirul Ghencea". 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.