Owing to its geographical position along the Milcov River, at the frontier of the two former principalities of Moldavia and Walachia, and also because of the part it played in the unification of the two principalities on the 24th of January 1859, Foc║ani is known as ôThe Town of the Unificationö. The town has several edifices and monuments that evoke this episode in the history of Romania.
The Obelisk of the Unification, erected in the Unirea square, was built in red granite in 1976. The bas-reliefs on the Obelisk are the work of sculptor Ion Jalea.
