Monument to prince of Moldavia Stephen the Great (died on 2 July 1504) in Chisinau, Moldova
The monument to Stephen the Great was designed by architect Alexandru Plamadeala in 1923. It was erected near the main entrance of the Stephen the Great Park in Central Chisinau. The monument was completed in 1927 and opened on 29 April 1928 (to replace the monument to Alexander II of Russia, destroyed by the Romanian authorities in 1918). The total cost of the monument was lei. A few days before the 1940 Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, the monument was relocated to Vaslui, and its pedestal was blown up. On August 25, 1942, the monument was returned to Chisinau and taken back to Romania in 1944. In 1945, the Soviet authorities ordered the restoration of the monument to Chisinau. On 31 August 1989 the monument to Stephen the Great was returned to its original location, chosen by Alexandru Plamadeala in the 1920s. The initial inscriptions were restored. Flower-laying ceremonies are regularly performed at the pedestal of this monument on each national holiday and on days of official top- and high-level visits.
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Stefan cel Mare si Sfant Boulevard, 2012 Chisinau, Moldova, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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