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The first equestrian statue of King Carol I in Bucharest was created in 1939 by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. The inauguration was held on Romania's National Day of May 10, 1939. Because the monument stood in a large square opposite the Royal Palace, it witnessed many significant events of the inter-war era and during World War II, becoming one of the well-known visual symbols of Bucharest, present on numerous photos, postcards, etc.
Celebrations in Bucharest marking the return of Northern Transylvania. 14 March 1945
In the night of December 30/31, 1947, after King Michael I abdicated the throne, the Communist government demolished the statue—an important visual symbol of monarchy—from its pedestal. The statue was destroyed in 1948.
The new King Carol I statue by Florin Codre
The new statue of King Carol I, a work by Florin Codre. The façade behind it is the library of "Carol I University Foundation"
In 2007, 18 years after the Romanian anti-Communist Revolution, the Bucharest City Hall decided to recreate the destroyed statue and locate it at the original place. A small-scale model of Meštrović's original work was in possession of the sculptor's family, but an agreement was never signed, due to City Hall's inability to meet the financial requirements.
Romanian sculptor Florin Codre was tasked to create a new statue, visually similar to Meštrović's, but not an exact copy.
Since then, the statue has regained its public significance as a tourist sightseeing place in Bucharest. Various public events are periodically held in front of it, especially the annual festivity of May 10, connected with several events related to Romanian monarchy: Carol I's first arrival in Bucharest (in 1866), Carol's formal approval of the declaration of independence proclaimed on May 9, 1877, and Carol I's coronation as King of Romania (in 1881).
Possible survival of the old King Carol I statue
There are rumors that the old statue of King Carol I is currently buried in front of the Palace of Agriculture in Brăila, where Soviet occupying forces would have located it during World War II.[1]
It is also possible that the house of the equestrian statue was used for another statue for the Russian general Alexander Suvorov located in Dragosloveni, but this is not confirmed.
References
^"Statuia ecvestră a regelui Carol I ar putea fi îngropată lângă Palatul Agriculturii din Brăila?". ProBrăila (in Romanian). 17 February 2013.
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This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Romanian July 2022 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Romanian article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 327 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Romanian Wikipedia article at ro Statuia ecvestră a lui Carol I din București see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated ro Statuia ecvestră a lui Carol I din București to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Equestrian statue of Carol I news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The equestrian statue of Carol I is a monument in Romania situated in the central zone of Bucharest on Calea Victoriei The Equestrian statue of Carol I 2015 The massive statue cast in bronze represents Carol I of Romania the first King of Romania mounted on his horse The founder of the Romanian Dynasty during his reign Romania conquered its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877 in the course the Russo Turkish War known in Romania as the War of Independence The statue is located on Calea Victoriei and stands in Piața Palatului a square that was renamed The Revolution Square after the bloody events of 1989 opposite the National Museum of Art of Romania the former royal palace and in front of the Central University Library Bucharest Contents 1 The old King Carol I statue by Ivan Mestrovic 2 The new King Carol I statue by Florin Codre 3 Possible survival of the old King Carol I statue 4 ReferencesThe old King Carol I statue by Ivan Mestrovic EditThe first equestrian statue of King Carol I in Bucharest was created in 1939 by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic The inauguration was held on Romania s National Day of May 10 1939 Because the monument stood in a large square opposite the Royal Palace it witnessed many significant events of the inter war era and during World War II becoming one of the well known visual symbols of Bucharest present on numerous photos postcards etc Celebrations in Bucharest marking the return of Northern Transylvania 14 March 1945 In the night of December 30 31 1947 after King Michael I abdicated the throne the Communist government demolished the statue an important visual symbol of monarchy from its pedestal The statue was destroyed in 1948 The new King Carol I statue by Florin Codre Edit The new statue of King Carol I a work by Florin Codre The facade behind it is the library of Carol I University Foundation In 2007 18 years after the Romanian anti Communist Revolution the Bucharest City Hall decided to recreate the destroyed statue and locate it at the original place A small scale model of Mestrovic s original work was in possession of the sculptor s family but an agreement was never signed due to City Hall s inability to meet the financial requirements Romanian sculptor Florin Codre was tasked to create a new statue visually similar to Mestrovic s but not an exact copy The inauguration of the new statue took place on December 6 2010 with Princess Margareta of Romania heiress of the Romanian Royal Family an her husband Prince Radu assisting The Mayor of Bucharest Sorin Oprescu was present as well as academicians Constantin Bălăceanu Stolnici ex Presidents Ion Iliescu and Emil Constantinescu and Prime Minister Călin Popescu Tăriceanu A message from the former king Michael I was read on the occasion Since then the statue has regained its public significance as a tourist sightseeing place in Bucharest Various public events are periodically held in front of it especially the annual festivity of May 10 connected with several events related to Romanian monarchy Carol I s first arrival in Bucharest in 1866 Carol s formal approval of the declaration of independence proclaimed on May 9 1877 and Carol I s coronation as King of Romania in 1881 Possible survival of the old King Carol I statue EditThere are rumors that the old statue of King Carol I is currently buried in front of the Palace of Agriculture in Brăila where Soviet occupying forces would have located it during World War II 1 It is also possible that the house of the equestrian statue was used for another statue for the Russian general Alexander Suvorov located in Dragosloveni but this is not confirmed References Edit Statuia ecvestră a regelui Carol I ar putea fi ingropată langă Palatul Agriculturii din Brăila ProBrăila in Romanian 17 February 2013 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monument to Carol I Bucharest Coordinates 44 26 22 8 N 26 5 49 2 E 44 439667 N 26 097000 E 44 439667 26 097000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Equestrian statue of Carol I amp oldid 1120413235, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
