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[[File:RO B St George church km 0.jpg|thumb|The Kilometer Zero monument]]
The '''Kilometer Zero''' monument ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Kilometrul Zero'') located in central [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]], in front of the [[New St. George Church]]. It was created in 1938 by the sculptor {{ill|Constantin Baraschi|ro}}, based on plans drawn by architect [[Horia Creangă]].<ref name="Ciocârlie">{{cite news|url=https://romanialiterara.com/2020/07/bucuresti-kilometrul-zero-al-romanului-romanesc/|title=București, kilometrul zero al romanului românesc|lang=ro|first=Corina|last=Ciocârlie|magazine=[[România Literară]]|issue=28|year=2020|access-date=July 5, 2024}}</ref>

The distances from Bucharest to other cities in Romania are measured from this monument. It is divided into eight sections, each representing a Romanian historical province: [[Muntenia]], [[Dobruja]], [[Bessarabia]], [[Moldavia]], [[Bukovina]], [[Transylvania]], [[Banat]], and [[Oltenia]]. Among the cities inscribed on it are also [[Cahul]], [[Chișinău]], [[Orhei]], and [[Bender, Moldova|Tighina]] (which are currently in the [[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]]), [[Cernăuți]], [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi|Cetatea Albă]], [[Izmail|Ismail]], and [[Storozhynets|Storojineț]] (now in [[Ukraine]]), as well as [[Dobrich|Bazargic]] and [[Silistra]] (now in [[Bulgaria]]), which were part of [[Greater Romania]] before [[World War II]]. 

==See also==
*[[Kilometre Zero]]
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