Designer Luca Zauşkevici Material white stone Height 13 metres (43 ft) Dedicated to Russo-Turkish War | Type Triumphal arch Width 10 metres (33 ft) Opened 1841 Beginning date 1840 | |
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Location Piaţa Marii Adunări Naţionale, Central Chişinău Address The Great National Assembly Square, Chisinau, Moldova Similar Nativity Cathedral - Chișinău, Stephen the Great Monument, Măzărache Church, Alley of Classics - Chișinău, National Museum of History of | ||
The Triumphal arch is a monument situated in Central Chişinău next to the Nativity Cathedral on Piața Marii Adunǎri Naționale nr. 2 and directly opposite Government House.
History
The Triumphal arch was built in 1840 by the architect I. Zauschevic and thanks to the governor's of Bessarabia initiative to commemorate the victory of the Russian Empire over the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29). From its construction to 2011 the monument sheltered at its second level a huge bell of nearly 6400 kg (400 Puduri). It was smelted with the copper of the cannons captured by the Russian forces from the Ottoman Empire. The bell "clopote–velican" was initially made for the cathedral's belfry but happened to be too big for it. Finally it was installed in this arch, which was designed in purpose. The monument and the mechanism of its clock were fully restored in 1973.