The Romanian Athenaeum is a concert hall in Bucharest. It is located on Calea Victoriei, in George Enescu Square which is located in the northern part of Revolution Square. The building is made in a combination of neoclassical style with eclectic style and was built between 1886 and 1888, according to the plans of the French architect Albert Galleron.

The Romanian Athenaeum was built in the Episcopate Garden, a land that belonged to the Văcăreşti family. Many contemporaries criticized the location, considering it too far from the city center in those days. The construction of the current building was done with a part of the funds were raised through a public subscription, at the urging "Give a lion for the Athenaeum".

Circular, dominated by a large dome, with the main facade in neoclassical style, the Athenaeum has the appearance of an Ionic temple, with six front and two side columns. At the main entrance, the eight Ionic columns have similar proportions to the columns of the Erechteion temple on the Acropolis. Around the large dome of the building you can see, dug into the wall, the names of well-known scholars. Among them, that of Miron Costin, Gheorghe Șincai, Dimitrie Cantemir, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Timotei Cipariu.

The fresco inside the Athenaeum consists of 25 representative scenes from the history of Romania

1. Emperor Trajan enters Dacia
2. Roman legionaries colonize Dacia
3. The formation of the Daco-Roman people
4. Roman guard
5. The invasion of the barbarians
6. The beginnings of the Romanian people
7. the establishment
8. The Conquest
9. The military state
10. Administrative state - division of offices
11. The Romanian Crusade
12. Stephen the Great
13. The age of peace and faith
14. Michael the Brave
15. The beginnings of Romanian culture
16. Horia, Cloșca and Crișan
17. 1821 - The revolt of Tudor Vladimirescu
18. The year 1848 in Transylvania
19. Year 1848 in the Principality
20. Al Cuza
21. 1859 - Union of the Principalities
22. Carol I - The War of Independence
23. The war of national unification 1916-1918
24. Ferdinand I the Integrator
25. The era of consolidation

In the pre-war period, the alleys of the Athenaeum Garden were adorned with busts representing great Romanian politicians, culture or artists. Unfortunately, they were not preserved, because they were destroyed during the communist regime

In the period 1994-2004 the Athenaeum was consolidated, restored and modernized by the architects Ana Braniște, Raluca Nicoară and Gabriela Mindu together with the engineers Dragoș Badea and Silvia Caraman. Also in 2004, the Romanian Athenaeum was registered in the List of Historical Monuments in Romania.

The Athenaeum was reopened to the public in 2005, on the occasion of the 17th edition of the George Enescu International Festival and currently houses the "George Enescu" Philharmonic.

For reservations for symphonic concerts, you can access the George Enescu Philharmonic website starting with the Monday of the week of the concert. Tickets for the symphony concerts go on sale on the Tuesday of the week of the concert, within the limits of the places left vacant after the subscribers pick up their season tickets. Tickets for chamber concerts go on sale one week before the concerts.