King Carol I statue outside the Central Library in Revolution Square, Bucharest, Romania

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King Carol I statue outside the Central Library in Revolution Square, Bucharest, Romania. Prior to 1948, an equestrian statue of Carol I of Romania stood there. Created in 1930 by the Croatian and American sculptor Ivan Meštrović, the statue was destroyed in 1948 by the Communists, who never paid damages to the sculptor. In 2005, the Romanian Minister of Culture decided to recreate the destroyed statue from a model that was kept by Meštrović's family. In 2007, the Bucharest City Hall assigned the project to the sculptor Florin Codre, who is going to design an original statue of Carol inspired by Meštrović's model (most consider it a plagiarism). [Wikipedia]

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Size: 5118px × 3412px
Location: Revolution square Bucharest, Romania
Photo credit: © Mark Davidson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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