Railway Station
At the end of the 19th century, the Chisinau railway station held paramount significance as the city’s most crucial edifice, owing to the fact that, during that era, the fastest and most pivotal mode of transportation was the railway. The initial construction of the railway station occurred in the 1870s,...
Carol Schmidt (Karl-Ferdinand Alexander Schmidt) (1846 – 1928)
The longest-serving mayor of Chisinau (1877-1903) was born into a German-Polish family. One of his sons, Alexander Schmidt, also served as the mayor of Chisinau during the turbulent years of 1917-1918. Under Carol Schmidt’s leadership, numerous impactful developments took place in the city. Many streets were paved, and various public...
Valentin Voitsehovski (1909-1977)
Architect Valentin Voitsehovski (Voițehovski) (1909-1977) – a figure who made significant contributions to the post-war reconstruction of Chisinau and the construction of numerous cities in the republic. Based on his designs, approximately 100 buildings were erected in Chisinau, including the Patria cinema (1951), the structures of the first Botanica microraion...
The Roman-Catholic Cathedral of Divine Providence (1840)
The Roman Catholic community in Chisinau, composed almost exclusively of Polish people, was formed in the late 1830s. Ten years later, with their own financial contributions, the community builts a holy place, in 1840. The church project was approved in St Petersburg. The architect and sculptor Joseph I. Charlemand played...
Monument to Pope John Paul II
In front of the Roman Catholic Cathedral “Divine Providence” in the capital, the monument of Holy Father Pope John Paul II (b. 1920 – d. 2005) was unveiled on August 21, 2016. The ceremony was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Chisinau and the Roman Catholic...
Adam Mickiewicz Monument
The monument to the great Polish writer Adam Mickiewicz was unveiled on April 28, 2021, at the library in Chisinau that bears his name. The statue was sculpted by the renowned artist Veaceslav Jiglițchi, with support from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Chisinau, the Polish Ministry of...
Bust of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski
A bust commemorating Marshal Józef Piłsudski was unveiled on November 20, 2014, at the intersection of Mitropolit Petru Movilă and 31 August 1989 streets, approximately in the area where the Consulate of the Republic of Poland was situated in Chisinau during the interwar years. Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935) was a Polish...
Tomb of the Oganowici family
In the Valley of Roses, we find the ruined Catholic cemetery chapel: Polish and Armenian, built in 1912. In the west wing, we encounter a memorial building – the tomb of the Polish Oganowici family. Of modest proportions, the chapel is designed in an eclectic style, inspired by the Gothic...
