Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Stephen the Great Monument

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Location
  
Central Chişinău

Opened
  
29 April 1928

Dedicated to
  
Stephen III of Moldavia

Designer
  
Alexandru Plămădeală

Opening date
  
29 April 1928

Completion date
  
1927

Beginning date
  
1924

Materials
  
Bronze, Rock

Stephen the Great Monument

Address
  
Stefan cel Mare si Sfant Boulevard, Chisinau 2012, Moldova

Similar
  
Triumphal arch - Chișinău, Alley of Classics - Chișinău, Nativity Cathedral - Chișinău, Măzărache Church, Ștefan cel Mare Central P

Stefan cel mare monument chisinau moldova 2015 09 11


The Stephen the Great Monument (Romanian: Monumentul lui Ştefan cel Mare) is a prominent monument in Chişinău, Moldova.

The monument to Stephen the Great was designed by architect Alexandru Plămădeală in 1923. It was erected near the main entrance of the Stephen the Great Park in Central Chişinău. The monument was completed in 1927 and opened on 29 April 1928 (to replace the monument to Alexander II of Russia, destroyed by the Romanian authorities in 1918), marking the 470th birthday of Stephen the Great. The total cost of the monument was 4.000.000 lei.

A few days before the 1940 Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, the monument was relocated to Vaslui, and its pedestal was blown up. On August 25, 1942, the monument was returned to Chişinău and taken back to Romania in 1944. In 1945, the Soviet authorities ordered the restoration of the monument to Chişinău.

On 31 August 1989 the monument to Stephen the Great was returned to its original location, chosen by Alexandru Plămădeală in the 1920s. The initial inscriptions were restored. Flower-laying ceremonies are regularly performed at the pedestal of this monument on each national holiday and on days of official top and high level visits.

References

Stephen the Great Monument Wikipedia