The National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" is the name attributed by the Decision of the Government of Romania no. 742/2003, art. 18 lit. the institution that bore the name of the Village Museum, a creation of folklorist and sociologist Dimitrie Gusti. The museum was inaugurated on May 10, 1936, in the presence of King Carol II of Romania, and for the public, on May 17, 1936, being one of the biggest tourist attractions in Bucharest today.

Revolution Square (Romanian: Piața Revoluției) is a square in central Bucharest, on Calea Victoriei. Known as Piața Palatului (Palace Square) until 1989, it was later renamed after the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. The former Royal Palace (now the National Museum of Art of Romania), the Athenaeum, the Athénée Palace Hotel, the University of Bucharest Library and the Memorial of Rebirth are located here. The square also houses the building of the former Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party (from where Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife fled by helicopter on December 22, 1989). In 1990, the building became the seat of the Senate and since 2006 it houses the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform.

Palatul a fost construit până în 1702 de către Constantin Brâncoveanu în stil brâncovenesc, stil utilizat anterior și la un alt palat al voievodului, construit de acesta la Potlogi. Lucrarea a fost terminată în ziua de 20 septembrie 1702, conform pisaniei de pe latura de răsărit a palatului. Data începerii construcției nu este cunoscută, dar se știe că Brâncoveanu a început să cumpere pământ în zonă din 1681.