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 Republic of Moldova placed on the alleys of the park, with the 30th being the bust of A.S. Pushkin – the renowned Russian poet. His bust was erected in 1885, with funds raised by the city’s honorary citizens. After the tragic death of the poet, Chisinau became the third city in the former Russian Empire to commemorate him with a memorial monument. The author of the bust is the sculptor A. Opekusin.

1. Vasile Alecsandri (bust installed in 1957) – Writer, playwright, folklorist, politician, and diplomat.
2.  Gheorghe Asachi (bust installed in 1957) – Poet, prose writer, and playwright.
3. Dimitrie Cantemir (bust installed in 1957) – Writer, encyclopedist, ethnographer, geographer, philosopher, historian, linguist, musicologist, composer, anthropologist, cartographer, orientalist, and politician.
4. Ion Creangă (bust installed in 1957) – Writer, storyteller, prose writer, theologian, textbook author, politician, poet, teacher, and deacon.
5. Alexandru Donici (bust installed in 1957) – Linguist, translator, and poet.
6. Mihai Eminescu (bust installed in 1957) – Poet, prose writer, and journalist.
7. Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (bust installed in 1957) – Encyclopedist, writer, philologist, linguist, jurist, folklorist, publicist, historian, and politician.
8. Alexandru Hâjdeu (bust installed in 1957) – Scholar, lawyer, and writer.
9. Nicolae Milescu Spătarul (bust installed in 1957) – Writer, scholar, translator, traveler, geographer, and diplomat.
10. Constantin Negruzzi (bust installed in 1957) – Writer and politician.
11. Alecu Russo (bust installed in 1957) – Poet, prose writer, essayist, memoirist, literary critic, ideologist, and novelist.
12. Constantin Stamati (bust installed in 1957) – Writer.
13. Tudor Arghezi (bust installed in 1995) – Writer, poet, prose writer, and journalist.
14. George Bacovia (bust installed in 2001) – Poet and writer.
15. Lucian Blaga (bust installed in 1992) – Poet, writer, philosopher, linguist, translator, journalist, diplomat, essayist, university professor, librarian, and playwright.
16. George Călinescu (bust installed in 1997) – Historian, writer, journalist, literary critic, biographer, playwright, teacher, and librarian.
17. George Coșbuc (bust installed in 1996) – Poet, translator, teacher, journalist, literary critic, writer, and linguist.
18. Mircea Eliade (bust installed in 1997) – Historian of religions, philosopher, essayist, prose writer, and university professor.
19. Octavian Goga (bust installed in 2000) – Politician, poet, playwright, journalist, translator, and writer.
20. Nicolae Iorga (bust installed in 1990) – Historian, politician, linguist, poet, writer, philosopher, literary critic, playwright, journalist, orientalist, biographer, children’s literature author, philologist, translator, and university professor.
21. Alexei Mateevici (bust installed in 1990) – Poet, educator, soldier, translator, and Orthodox priest.
22. Adrian Păunescu (bust installed in 2011) – Poet, publicist, and politician.
23. Liviu Rebreanu (bust installed in 2009, restored) – Writer, journalist, playwright, and translator; associated with the “Ion Luca Caragiale” National Theatre.
24. Mihail Sadoveanu (bust installed in 1990) – Novelist, short story writer, journalist, essayist, translator, poet, public servant, and politician.
25. Nichita Stănescu (bust installed in 1990) – Poet and essayist.
26. Constantin Stere (bust installed in 1991) – Journalist, philosopher, literary critic, politician, lawyer, and writer.
27. Grigore Vieru (bust installed in 2010) – Poet, publicist, and writer.
28. Mihail Kogălniceanu (bust installed in 1990) – Lawyer, historian, publicist, diplomat, literary critic, and politician.
29. Ion Luca Caragiale (bust installed in …) – Playwright, short story writer, satirist, poet, author, theatre director, political commentator, and journalist.
30. Dumitru Matcovschi (bust installed in …) – Poet, prose writer, academician, publicist, and playwright.