Arcul de Triumf
From an architectural point of view, a triumphal arch is a monument in the form of an arched portico, with one or more arches, erected to commemorate a significant event or in honour of a famous personality. For urban planning reasons, it is placed in one of the city squares,...
Memorial to the Victims of Fascism
This sad monument, like a painful splinter of memory, preserved in time, is the work of the renowned artist, sculptor Aurel David. Placed in 1991, it remains a proof that “nobody forgets, nothing is forgotten”… It is located in the Râșcani sector (“Poșta Veche”) of the capital, on the site...
Kilometer Zero
A Kilometer Zero plate was installed în Novembre, 2012, in the center of the capital outside the Central Post Office. It is stylized version of the wind rose, depicting distances to other capitals of the world from Chisinau. The Km 0 has a historical, social significance and a touristic one...
The monument of Stephen the Great and Holy
A traveler-monument, inaugurated on April 29, 1928, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania. In June 1940 he was moved to Romania, and in 1942 – brought back to Chisinau, in 1944 – moved again. A year later it was brought back and...
The Alley of Сlassics
The idea of initiating such an alley in the country’s capital belongs to the sculptor A. Plămădeală. The alley was inaugurated in 1958 in the Public Garden with the first 12 busts of classical writers and poets. Currently, there are already 29 busts of important writers, from Romania and the...
The bust of Emil Loteanu
It is the first bust on the Alley of the Cinematographer, inaugurated in 2011, next to the “Patria” Cinema. Today, the Cinema bears his name. Author – Andrei Rizescu.
The monument of Ion and Doina Aldea-Teodorovici
The Monument bears the name – “Requiem for Love” or, as it is also called by the locals – “Two twin hearts”. It is located at the central entrance in the “Valea Morilor” park, opposite the State University. Inaugurated in 1999, on the 7th anniversary of the passing of the...
„Myoritsa”’s Monument
The monument, dedicated to the ballad “Myoritsa” was installed in Chisinau at the beginning of March 2022, author – Veaceslav Jiglițchi. For Moldovans, „Myoritsa” is a historical memory. Although the plot of the Moldovan folk ballad is far from heroic, on the contrary – the hero of the ballad believes...
The monument of Vasile Alecsandri
The monument is located in front of the National Library of the Republic of Moldova in Chisinau. It was inaugurated in 1997, in memory of Vasile Alecsandri – poet, playwright, folklorist, politician, minister, diplomat, and founding member of the Romanian Academy. Sculptor – Ion Zderciuc.
The Capitoline Wolf in Chisinau
It is a replica of the famous Roman statue (author Ettore Ferrari), which was donated by the municipality of Rome (Italy) in the first years after the union of Bessarabia and Bukovina with Romania (1921). In 1940, for political reasons, the statue was melted down. In 1990, the “Cultural League...
“Eternity” Memorial Complex
The monument was inaugurated on May 9, 1975, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II. During the Soviet period the complex was known as the “Victory Memorial”. Under the 25 m high pyramid, consisting of 5 bayonets, in honor of the 5...
The Memorial Complex “To the Sons of the Motherland – the Eternal Memory”
The idea of erecting a monument in honor of the 12,500 soldiers who did their “international duty” and the 301 soldiers who fell in the war in Afghanistan came up in 2002. The place for the monument was chosen and accepted in the Rascani sector the capital. The authors of...
The monument in memory of the victims of the deportations of the communist regime „The Train of Pain”
A Monument erected in honor of those deported people from Moldova during the three waves of deportation: in June 1941, July 1949 and April 1951 (a total of about 58,000 people were deported). It was inaugurated on August 23, 2013 on The Train Station Alley. The author of the monument...
Moldova’s Little Prince Statue
The smallest monument in the Republic of Moldova, only 11 cm high, was cast in bronze and placed on the “planet B-612” in 2018 – on the sphere number 23 on the fence in the park “Valea Morilor” in Chisinau. The idea belongs to the resident of the capital, Igor...
Statues of lovers on the Pedestrian Street
A double monument, perhaps the most romantic in Chisinau, was installed on the Pedestrian Street Eugen Doga on October 14, 2017. Author – sculptor Pavel Obreja. Also on the Pedestrian Street is the exhibition with sale of handicrafts of folk craftsmen from the country.
Triple sculpture “The Crew”
In the waiting room of Chisinau International Airport we find a beautiful sculpture, called “The Crew”. It was made in 2018 by the sculptor Veaceslav Jiglițchi, an honorary citizen of the capital. The triptych represents the pilot and two stewardesses – the most important people in ensuring the comfort and...
The statue of Grigore Kotovski
A vestige of the Soviet past. It was erected in 1953. The statue of the communist Grigore Kotovski, participant in the Russian Civil War, was erected by a group of sculptors and painters – L. Dubinovschi, K. Kitaika, I. Perșudcev and A. Poseado, after the schematics of the architect F....
Monument to the Victims of the Chisinau Ghetto
It was inaugurated on April 22, 1993. The authors – the architect S. Şoihet and the sculptor N. Epelbaum. The Chisinau ghetto was created on July 25, 1941 by order of the military governor of Bessarabia, General Constantin Voiculescu. On August 11, there were 10,578 people in the ghetto, later...
Shipka Obelisk
The memorial complex was erected in honor of the detachments of Bulgarian volunteers, formed in Chisinau on the eve of the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. The complex consists of an obelisk, a chapel and a square. The chapel was built in 1882 on the site where on April 12 (1877)...
